Urban Places and Spaces

Good planning leads to a vibrant urban fabric, while poor planning leads to uninteresting design, soul-less and unhealthy communities. City planning is important because it identifies areas where population growth should occur, where business should be located, where public spaces are desired, and the built form that all this should take.

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Webinar – From Feet to Wheels and Back: The Anatomy of a Street
What does a good street look like? In this webinar, Ken Greenberg, architect and urban designer, takes us on an extended journey along Bathurst Street in Toronto travelling from Front Street, past Honest Eds at Bloor and further north into North York up to Steeles Avenue and Thornhill.

Access the webinar here.

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• Community Planning offers advice to Council on development projects after consulting with members of the public and City services, and after reviewing and analyzing all parts of a development project.
  City Planning: Planning Activity
  How does a city grow? Planning in the City of Toronto

• People Plan Toronto (PPT) is a group of active, engaged citizens committed to changing Toronto’s planning process.
  The planning process in the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario

• Spacing Toronto is your hub for daily dispatches from the streets of Toronto to cities around the world, offering both analysis and a forum for discussion.
  Spacing Magazine on Architecture

• Is your neighbourhood a friendly, walkable environment?
  Jane’s Walk

• Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit planning design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities.
  Project for Public Spaces: Creating the City of the Future