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COVID 19 showing suburbs are just as vulnerable as cities
NEW YORK – Haunting images of an empty Times Square and the daily accounting of hundreds of fatalities in New York City have reinforced the idea of the coronavirus as an urban contagion.That may obscure an equally sobering truth: Many…
Flood costs in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 with no mitigation
OTTAWA – The yearly bills from overflowing rivers and rising seas in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 if Canada doesn't do more to improve flood protection, a new analysis suggested Thursday.The Aqueduct Floods project of the…
GTA new home market busy in March, inventory declines: BILD
The GTA new home market continued to see above-average sales and a decline in inventory in March, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) has stated in an announcement.There were 3,730 total new home sales in March…
Canadian home sales and listings down in March: CREA
Statistics released by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales and listings were down sharply between February and March 2020.The CREA reports that home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems dropped by…
Not Your Parents’ City
The climate emergency is bearing down, hard, on the world's cities. But cities are also facing three other dramatic waves of change, all three positioned to crest sometime around 2060. First, during these four decades the people of the…
Pipeline Politics
Imagine this scenario: a big new project promises jobs and economic development. Most of the community supports the project, while a small band of vocal and influential community leaders oppose it. Come decision time, the politician is torn…
Coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to create affordable cities
Rent strikers from Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood and fellow protesters gather outside Social Justices Tribunal Ontario in February, 2018. The group refused to pay rent after the landlord applied for an increase in rents.
THE CANADIAN…
Cities lead the charge on the coronavirus front lines
A crew works on building a 68-bed emergency field hospital specially equipped with a respiratory unit in New York’s Central Park on March 29, 2020.
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Shauna Brail, University of TorontoHow many times have we heard…
CannonDesign envisions street signs that represent our new era
Street artists like Roadsworth (or even Banksy) are probably deep in their studios coming up with public art that reflects the unusual times we all find ourselves in. Interestingly enough, a clever member of a New York-based architecture…
Small businesses face devastation as damage from virus grows
NEW YORK – A restaurant owner wonders how she can stay in business if she can't sell food and drink.A hair salon operator shuts down to protect his clients and employees.A photographer who expected to take pictures at an Ivy League…