All posts in NRU Toronto

  • to post 1 jan 19
    STUDENT HOUSING PROPOSALS
    January 19, 2018, Comments Off

    In a four-day competition of creativity, Ryerson students were asked to design innovative ways to increase the quality and quantity of student housing on the downtown Toronto campus. To read ...

  • to post 1 jan 12
    BRINGING COLOUR TO THE BEACHES
    January 17, 2018, Comments Off

    Toronto’s beaches are about to get a splash of colour for the winter, courtesy of the winners of the fourth annual Winter Stations Design Competition. Designed as a way to ...

  • to post 2 jan 5
    ALTERNATE CITY VISIONS
    January 10, 2018, Comments Off

    If you could go back and change one thing about Toronto, whether it be a building you didn’t think should be torn down or a by-law that you didn’t think ...

  • to post 1 jan 5
    IN CONVERSATION
    January 10, 2018, Comments Off

    In the short term, the city’s acting chief planner sees his transition into the role as seamless for the department. Over the long term, he has big plans. He wants ...

  • to post 1 dec 22
    2017 TORONTO YEAR IN REVIEW
    December 22, 2017, Comments Off

    2017 marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of NRU Publishing and the launch of its Toronto edition. Since the publication’s inception, the volume and complexity of planning issues in ...

  • to post 1 dec 22
    ASSESSING ALTERNATIVES
    December 22, 2017, Comments Off

    A section of Yonge Street in North York may soon be transformed into a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented mainstreet, but disagreement remains about the design of the road. Hesitant to approve a ...

  • to post 2 may 5
    EMISSION CHALLENGES
    May 5, 2017, Comments Off

    City staff, and partner The Atmospheric Fund, just released its second TransformTO report calling for a series of long-term changes to curb the production of greenhouse gas emissions in the ...

  • to post 1 may 5
    SHADOWS ON THE PARK
    May 5, 2017, Comments Off

    A Proposed towers near the intersection of Gerrard and Jarvis are creating concern among city staff and the local councillor, who worry about shadow impacts and transitions from tall buildings ...

  • to post 3 april 28
    DEFENDING SIX STOREYS
    April 28, 2017, Comments Off

    A proposed mid-rise development on Bloor Street in the Kingsway is raising concerns about intensification that exceeds the six-storey height limit, and the cumulative impact on the community. To read ...

  • to post 1 april 28
    BALANCED DEVELOPMENT
    April 28, 2017, Comments Off

    How does an area grow but retain its unique characteristics? After over five years of community consultation, neighbourhoods prevail though a new site and area specific policy for a stretch ...