Push back against 15 minute cities isn’t about proximity to coffee shops or schools, it’s about trust.
Read MoreDowntown Life Beyond the Office
The pandemic presents an opportunity to recreate downtowns that cultivate life beyond the office.
Read MoreWill Ontario dismantle the exclusionary value of homeownership?
Can the Province’s Housing Affordability Task Force recommendations change the way housing works?
Read MoreWill it make the boat go faster? Toronto housing edition
Toronto’s best chance to solve the housing crisis might be to copy the British rowing team.
Read MoreWhat Toyota tells us about greedy developers
Developers aren't too greedy to build attainable housing. In fact, if Toronto can effectively reform its zoning bylaws they're too greedy not to.
Read MoreWhy housing vouchers work better than public housing
Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities by Alain Bertaud is my favourite book on urban planning.
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Photograph: Nickolay Lamm, sealevel.climatecentral.org
Fighting climate change in cities
Densifying big cities is the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. Building more homes and increasing their population is the most impactful thing cities can do for the climate.
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Sidewalk Labs: design through digital governance
Waterfront Toronto recently agreed to evaluate the smart city proposal for Toronto’s Quayside neighbourhood submitted by Google affiliate, Sidewalk Labs.
Read MoreA case for shared equity in Toronto
Home ownership has become a wedge that lifts those who can afford to buy in and crushes those who can’t.
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Are big cities overrated?
The future of our cities is dense.
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