Posts Filed Under: gentrification

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Private Parkettes Are No Substitute for Real Public Space

Are surveillance cameras and private security guards in pseudo-public spaces creating invisible gated communities within the city?

By Nikhil Sharma Aug. 21st, 12:15 pm

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Feminist Street Artists Transform Parkdale Alleyway into Public Gallery

Twenty artists attempt to capture the diversity of being a woman in freshly painted murals—but the project is not without criticism

By Alisha Sawhney Jul. 18th, 1:15 pm

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Why Are So Many of Us Rejoicing in a Rooming House Becoming a Condo?

The Palace Arms, a 19th century rooming house at King and Strachan, has served as an affordable home to poor men.

By Christian Cotroneo Jul. 17th, 6:30 pm

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Goodbye To Toronto’s Fabulously Tacky Honest Ed’s Sign

The Bloor and Bathurst will never be the same.

By Andrea Houston May. 23rd, 8:30 pm

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In Sanitizing Toronto of its Grit, Are We Washing Away its Character?

"The relentless gentrification of Toronto is a major concern."

By Erin Davis May. 15th, 9:15 am

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Public Works: Chicago Pays Out to Stop Gentrification

Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world, and considers what Toronto might learn from them.

By Peter Goffin Feb. 25th, 1:00 pm

Vandalist: Graffiti Deconstructed

Gentrification: 1, Graffiti: 0

By Stephanie Avery Oct. 2nd, 10:00 am

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Parkdale Community Groups Confront Gentrification

Displacement and unfair rent increases among challenges raised in a Monday night forum.

By Samira Mohyeddin Sep. 22nd, 4:30 pm

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Public Works: Paris Strikes Back Against Gentrification

The city has a plan to keep residents from being squeezed out of their homes by rising rents and redevelopment.

By Peter Goffin Dec. 23rd, 9:30 am

Vandalist: Monster of Parkdale

Showing some neighbourhood love.

By Stephanie Avery Nov. 14th, 9:40 am

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Tears Among the Sausages

It was an emotional scene at European Quality Meats & Sausages on Saturday, as the 53-year-old store closed its doors.

By Chris Dart • Photos by Dean BradleyApr. 9th, 10:00 am

Grown-ups Goof Around at Recess.TO

By Jaime Woo Jul. 29th, 11:00 am

Toronto Art Then, Now, and Tomorrow in This is Paradise

By Dominic Mann Bertrand (Guest Contributor) Jul. 6th, 9:00 am

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Kensington Market Brews Both Storms and Coffee

By Steve Kupferman Apr. 27th, 12:45 pm

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Who Will Be Queen of the Portlands?

By David Topping Apr. 9th, 9:35 am

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Is It All Downhill for Ossington?

By Amanda Happé Mar. 16th, 11:00 am

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Outside In

By David Topping Nov. 7th, 9:30 am

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Blue Banana You Ho This Is All Your Fault

By Jonathan Goldsbie Sep. 29th, 1:00 pm