The #financing of a Waterfront East #streetcar to serve the #PortLands, for which there is currently no #funding or priority /8

An original, publicly-controlled solution to the complex problem of urban #data management and data #privacy facing all cities /9

Yes, it’s procedurally messy. Yes, it must be thoroughly scrutinized. But big cities are complicated places and it is the job of city government and Waterfront Toronto to manage that complexity in the #publicinterest /10

Otherwise nothing happens. As it has in the Port Lands now for over a century. /11 #topoli #onpoli

Toronto Tomorrow includes detailed plans for Quayside, a five-hectare site primarily owned by Waterfront Toronto, and envisions a new headquarters for @GoogleCanada on the western edge of Villiers Island to serve as an economic anchor for the revitalization of the Port Lands.

This is the real value that @SidewalkLabs brings to the table: it can be the catalytic anchor company that can propel Toronto to the top of the heap in what is arguably the biggest new high-tech sector to emerge in decades.“Urban tech.” Richard Florida theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

THREAD: @SidewalkLabs CEO Dan Doctoroff details the five points you need to know about #TorontoTomorrow, our plan for inclusive growth for Toronto’s waterfront. medium.com/sidewalk-toron…

Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto plan is exciting. Let’s not kill it prematurely | The Star thestar.com/opinion/star-c…

"Toronto has the civic and political strength to say yes and make Quayside work for all its residents." Read the open letter from Toronto city builders like Mitchell Marcus, United Way Greater Toronto, Dream Maker Ventures, former mayors Barbara Hall & Art Eggleton in support of the Quayside project

This is great news for the City of Toronto! Urban Strategies Joe Berridge

In our winter issue of #YMagazine, we profile Cyndi Rottenberg-Walker, RPP from Urban Strategies Learn more about Cyndi’s accomplished career and why she is known for her skill in motivating diverse groups towards a common purpose: ow.ly/4XbP50y09uE

Finite public space reallocated for economic and social cohesion (and inclusion as more cafes are set up across Toronto’s streets & plazas)

During the last week of #BHM we will be focusing on Black Futures and how Black planners, urbanists and community-based initiatives are working to transform city building practices and policies to ensure better planning outcomes for Black communities and planners.

The #Foundry Buildings can be retained and the site intensively developed. That’s good city building. #SaveTheFoundry #TOpoli #onpoli urbanstrategies.com/news/city-buil…

Here is a glimpse of a project my Urban Strategies team has been working on for the Loblaws site at Broadview and Danforth.

Excited to teach the Planning & Zoning Dimension module @carleton_arch @sprottschool this fall!

Proud of Urban Strategies's work on this important site and project.

We are honoured and excited to be part of the launch of conceptual site plan options for the future of the ʔəy̓alməxw / Iy̓álmexw / Jericho Lands.

I’m excited to be an instructor again this year, teaching the Planning and Zoning Dimensions session for the 2022 CRED course.

I'm excited to be part of this ambitious project!