Vincenzo Pietropaolo, a Toronto-based photographer, author and former city planner gave the Annual Leo Srole Urban Studies Lecture at Hobart & William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York on April 19, 2012. Here’s what he said. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2013
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CRANE Photo Series
Construction workers below grade at a site on Yonge St north of Dundas as they begin the tower. Continue reading
THE HOUSE THAT WAS EATEN ALIVE
THE DEMISE OF A LOCAL LANDMARK
History and reminiscences by Debbie Nyman, Larry Swartz and Elizabeth Cinello. Photos by Elizabeth Cinello. Continue reading
WHOSE CITY?
Condo construction downtown seems an overnight transformation of our city. Meanwhile the speed at which the city moves to direct and control growth seems glacial. What can chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat do? Continue reading
BIRDS WANT IN
Birds are flocking to the environmentally green construction on Rosemount Avenue in the St. Clair Avenue West neighbourhood. Designed by Toronto artist and sculptor Alex Moyle, you’ll find it on the grassy knoll behind Oakwood Collegiate near the school’s worm-friendly field. It sits on a three-meter-high stand and reaches a height of six meters. The well-treed enclave is an ideal location … Continue reading
THE VIEW FROM HERE Living in a Toronto Highrise Condo
This new way of living after many years in a house has been both challenging and exciting. The whole downsizing enterprise was unquestionably tedious, sad but ultimately… Continue reading
OVERHEARD
“I drove past five cranes and three excavations, a huge hole in the ground, just empty space, four streets reduced to one lane of traffic, four closed sidewalks… and that was just today on my way downtown.”
CRANES, CRANES, CRANES
Everywhere you look, this is what you see. Continue reading
LINKS
Lots of great stuff out there.
Have a look… Continue reading
LIVING TORONTO 