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Ravines x Wedges
How can investing in natural heritage enhance the livability of our cities? On April 26th this question became the framework for a dialogue between Canadian and Dutch design…
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Workshop Series 1: Intermunicipal Tower Roundtable
Ontario’s post-war apartment towers provide affordable rental housing to more than one million people. These buildings are aging and urgently require rehabilitation, as well as stronger connections to…
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Workshop Series 2: Tower Renewal Energy Workshop
There are global efforts underway to quantifiably reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2050. The Paris Agreement, and subsequent national strategies, have catalyzed policies such as the Ontario…
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Workshop Series 3: RAC Implementation Roundtable
As of October 2016, five hundred tower neighbourhoods acquired the ability to re-conceive the social and economic character of their communities. Ontario’s apartment tower neighbourhoods help give the…
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Workshop Series 4: Infill Housing and Tower Renewal Workshop
Home to more than half a million Torontonians, the post-war apartment tower typology contributes a significant number of units to the affordable housing market. Tower Renewal Partnership research…
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‘Tower, Slab, Superblock: Social Housing Legacies and Futures’ Sparks the Imagination on Postwar Design and Construction
“Never demolish, never remove or replace, always add, transform and reuse!” – Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal On December 10th a group of international guests will assemble…
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TORONTO – NEW YORK: Design by Example
“A new platform by which designers of these two great cities may share innovations and best practices with the common goal of enhancing the build environment.”- Mary…
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Growing Pains: An Evergreen Cityworks and The Globe and Mail Documentary on Urban Growth
As our population continues to grow, how will the region accommodate both present and future needs?’ This is the question that Growing Pains asks after summarizing how urban…
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Let’s Talk Housing: Graeme Stewart Presents at the National Housing Strategy Plenary Session
As part of the ongoing work related to Tower Renewal, ERA and the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal are consulting with the federal government on the emerging…
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Thorncliffe Park – Cultural Café in the Park
Throughout September 2016, Thorncliffe Park will host a cultural café, music, art and storytelling circles in its R.V. Burgess Park. These events, taking place each Saturday…
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Maytree Foundation Blog Features Jay Pitter’s Case for Improved Social Housing
Tower Renewal and ERA collaborator Jay Pitter discusses a rethink to social housing, Tower Renewal, and her book ‘Subdivided City’ on the Maytree Foundation Blog. Read it here:…
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Tower Renewal Partnership: revitalizing communities through research, advocacy, and action
The Tower Renewal Partnership is an initiative working to transform Southern Ontario’s remarkable stock of post-war apartment towers into more complete communities, resilient housing stock and…
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Video of Graeme Stewart at the Great Cities Institute
Following up our teaser blog to Graeme’s talk at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute, we would like to share with you the link to…
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Cities Alive Podcast – Zoning Out! Pt. 1
How do zoning laws contribute to – or prevent – the creation of complete communities? The Cities Alive podcast episode, Zoning Out! Part 1 addresses issues surrounding this question.
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Harvest Festival in Thorncliffe Park
This past Saturday, September 26th, the Third Not-So-Annual Harvest Festival took place in Thorncliffe Park. Hosted by not-for-profit Diasporic Genius (DG), the festival featured a pop-up Women’s…