Regent Park Revitalization: A Progress Report by Spacing
WEBDec 7, 2021 · Built in the late 1940s and 1950s, the 69-acre public housing project was originally intended to replace an enclave of rundown rowhouses considered by the city to be a slum. Over the years, the combination of neglect, crime, systemic racism, media stigmatization and antagonistic treatment by Toronto …
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered - Spacing Ottawa
WEBCanadian Urbanism Uncovered | Ottawa Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces
Tools to address the affordable housing crisis facing Canada
WEBMar 20, 2023 · The new housing need assessment tool allows calculation of affordable housing costs for every community in Canada. A table showing the affordable housing deficit by household size and income category in Canada, based on the 2016 census. Our data shows that most households in core housing need are very low-, low- and moderate-income households.
How Toronto built the CN Tower - Spacing Toronto
WEBJun 24, 2016 · The CN Tower under construction on the CN rail lands on August 18, 1973. Image: City of Toronto Archives. Construction on the CN Tower began on the site of a CN railway siding in February, 1973. Gone was the three-tower design unveiled in the 1960s, replaced by the one familiar today, and also gone was Canadian Pacific.
The half-built relics of nixed Toronto skyscrapers
WEBApr 8, 2016 · In 1914, John Eaton, the third son of retail magnate Timothy Eaton, began preparing plans for a massive expansion of his family’s empire. Aged 38, John had spent almost his entire working life in various positions inside the T. Eaton Company, many of them in senior management alongside his father. When his father died in 1907, John inherited the company andContinue reading "The half-built ...
A case for compassionate design in housing standards at Toronto ...
WEBOct 2, 2020 · For thousands of Toronto residents, housing precarity and homelessness are a lived reality. But for many others, the issue grew suddenly more visible as encampments were established throughout the city in the spring of this year. That lived reality is a harsh one: despite the move to two-metre distancing between shelter beds, there have beenContinue reading "A case for compassionate design in ...
Campus Perspectives: Humber College’s Lakeshore and North …
WEBSep 15, 2008 · The mid-fifties style building that looks like a high school was opened in 1958 as the Lakeshore Teacher’s College. One can only assume that the thinking in the 50s focused on giving the teacher trainees experience in a built environment similar to a real high school – even though in those days most teacher trainees went straight from grade 13 to Teacher’s College.
How Exhibition Place got the retro Dufferin Gate
WEBMar 4, 2016 · The old Dufferin Gate was demolished as planned on November 6, 1958, and work began on Arthur Keith’s arch immediately. City of Toronto Archives, Series 65, Fonds 58, Item 8. Though the structure was ultimately built from reinforced concrete, the architect suggested it could also be made out of stainless steel or aluminium.
The end of Yonge Street - Spacing Toronto
WEBApr 13, 2011 · The end of Yonge Street north of Queensville Sideroad One of Toronto’s greatest debates concerns Yonge Street’s controversial claim as “the World’s Longest Street”. Indeed, the Guinness Book of World Records published Yonge Street’s status as the true record until 1999; a bronze art installation in front of the Eaton Centre at Yonge and Dundas hasContinue reading "The end of Yonge ...
#GetAjaxMoving: Ongoing meaningful engagement to encourage …
WEBJul 30, 2019 · Armi de Francia is the Active Transportation Coordinator at the Town of Ajax who is continuing the implementation of the #GetAjaxMoving campaign. How can suburban municipalities meaningfully engage residents to encourage the use of sustainable transportation? One example municipalities can learn from is the Town of Ajax and its #GetAjaxMoving campaign. The Town of AjaxContinue reading "# ...
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