One of the debates I came across on Twitter this week was about multi-tenant houses (also known as rooming houses) in Toronto. Currently, they are allowed in the former city of Toronto, parts of Etobicoke, and in York. But they are illegal everywhere else in… Read More
Back in January 2016, I wrote about Toronto’s ambition to transform King into a “transit first” street across the downtown core. The King streetcar is the busiest surface transit route in the entire city (65,000 riders / day on average) and it was – and continues… Read More
Recently a good friend of mine told me that I had conflicting views in the world of politics. She more or less said to me: I know you’re a real estate developer and obviously a capitalist (read: right of center), but you also support what… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js Jennifer Keesmaat is the Chief Planner of Toronto. She was hired for this job in 2012. She has a Masters in Environmental Studies (Politics and Planning). She is a Registered Professional Planner with the Canadian Institute of Planners. And she was also the founder… Read More
Over the past few weeks I’ve been running a little experiment on Twitter where I tweet about a new development project in Toronto and I ask people to vote on it. If they like the project, I ask that they retweet (RT) it. And if… Read More
At the beginning of this year I wrote a post about a mobile tracking app called Moves that I had heard about through my friend Sachin Monga. He had just published a beautiful set maps showing where he physically spent his time in both Toronto… Read More
In 2010, Toronto voted for its new mayor, Rob Ford, like so: It was basically the core of the city (old Toronto) versus all of the boroughs. And it was perfect ammunition for anyone who believed that Toronto’s amalgamation was a mistake. (I personally don’t… Read More
Today is municipal election day in Toronto. About 8 months ago I publicly announced here on ATC who I would be supporting, and my position hasn’t changed. I was disappointed by the fact that he ended up backing away from his initial promise of a… Read More
Yesterday morning I went for a swim at the new Regent Park Aquatic Centre. I used to swim regularly when I was in grad school in the US, but it fell off when I moved back to Toronto and there wasn’t a convenient place for… Read More
Sometimes I like to start my mornings off by grabbing a coffee and walking down Jarvis Street to Sugar Beach and the lake. I’ll find a Muskoka chair (Adirondack chair for you Americans) and position it underneath one of the iconic pink umbrellas. I mostly like… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 