I can’t remember a moment when split-screen politics was quite as pronounced as it is right now. Consider: On Friday, the ...

The way spaces are designed influences how people socialize, build community, and go about their day-to-day lives, directly ...

A street handed to people, even for a few hours, can change how a city feels. This is a story about the frequency behind that ...

Summer is the season to pause, to take a break, to refresh body and mind. It’s generally understood that not as much will get done (with the exception of construction), that people may be absent in ...

Sabat Ismail (SI) met with Rachel Wang, Sylver Sterling, and Jess Nachman, creators and editors of the Journey Lines zine, to ...

I recently found myself wandering Commercial Drive, reading between its pulsing cafés and restaurants. An empty storefront.

I’m old enough to remember when Brad Bradford’s pungent symbol of Toronto’s urban decay was the apparently misnamed Sankofa ...

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver’s plan for 17 new ‘villages’ will increase ...

Onah Jung is a Toronto-based architect, urban designer, and founder of Studio Jonah. The City of Toronto recently revealed plans for more housing around Toronto’s 120 transit stations, including ...

As a parent to a two-year-old, Markus Harwood-Jones made visiting a Toronto Public Library branch an essential mainstay in his week. Several branches near his area offered opportunities to check out ...

Recent Auditor General reports exposed deep-rooted inefficiencies and systemic issues in Toronto’s Parks & Recreation (P&R) Division. Despite these challenges, P&R is staffed by many dedicated public ...

As Astral’s wretched street furniture deal limps towards its inevitable conclusion, Toronto’s litter bins are back in the news, although they’ve been living rent free in our urban consciousness for ...