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Why the Proposed Rail Deck Park Should Make Toronto Hopeful

The proposed Rail Deck Park could be our last big downtown park, and it's an opportunity we should seize.

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Toronto’s Park People Creating Fertile Ground for Growing Neighbourhoods

One year in, we check in with the people behind Park People, an organization that wants to make the city within a park even better.

By Jake Tobin Garrett May. 10th, 10:00 am

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Let’s Make a Deal

Illuminating the often-murky world of Section 37 of the Planning Act. (Hint: it's where some important money comes from.)

By Jake Tobin Garrett Apr. 26th, 1:00 pm

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The Better Way, Around the World

Taras Grescoe wrote Straphanger, a book about public transit in many different cities, worldwide. We spoke to him about how the TTC stacks up. (Or doesn't.)

By Jake Tobin Garrett Apr. 25th, 9:30 am

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LEAF Brings a Bit of Wilderness to the TTC

A not-for-profit organization takes small, unused spaces in the city and re-imagines them as gardens.

By Jake Tobin Garrett • Photos by Andrew LouisJan. 9th, 9:00 am

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What Do Torontonians Want From Their Waterfront?

Last night: a public consultation to discuss the accelerated development of the Port Lands.

By Jake Tobin Garrett Dec. 13th, 1:00 pm

2011 Hero: CodeBlueTO

Nominated for: heart and activist savvy in equal measure.

By Jake Tobin Garrett • Illustration by Sasha PlotnikovaDec. 12th, 12:19 pm

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A New Park Plan for the City Within a Park

While the City's 2012 budget reveals reduced services in Toronto's parks, it's been holding public consultations on a new Parks Plan that will provide guidance for the next five years.

By Jake Tobin Garrett Nov. 29th, 10:00 am

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Transit City?

Transit experts gathered last night to discuss how Toronto gets around.

By Jake Tobin Garrett Oct. 26th, 11:30 am

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Broke City?

Two financial experts gathered yesterday to discuss municipal finance and whether, as some have said, Toronto is really on the rocks.

By Jake Tobin Garrett Oct. 5th, 12:00 pm

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The Vision Thing

The Canadian Urban Institute brought four city builders together to discuss whether Toronto has lost its way.

By Jake Tobin Garrett Sep. 21st, 2:30 pm

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Design City

The City of Toronto recognizes the best in urban design during the past two years at the Toronto Urban Design Awards.

By Jake Tobin Garrett Sep. 21st, 10:45 am

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A River Runs Through It

In the midst of uncertainty over the development of Toronto's waterfront, landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh explains the approved Lower Don Lands plan.

By Jake Tobin Garrett Sep. 19th, 4:30 pm

What Would Jane Do?

On the 50th anniversary of Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities, four former Toronto mayors gather to discuss her work.

By Jake Tobin Garrett Sep. 16th, 10:30 am

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One Saturday Afternoon at the New Sherbourne Common

By Jake Tobin Garrett Aug. 3rd, 11:00 am

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The Executive Committee’s Game

By Jake Tobin Garrett Jul. 30th, 11:00 am

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Reshaping Toronto’s Waterfront

By Jake Tobin Garrett Jun. 16th, 1:00 pm

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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

By Jake Tobin Garrett Jun. 7th, 9:00 am

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