18 days ago we launched our website, introduced ourselves and our mission, and explained what we’re going to do.
Today we passed 5000 followers here on Bluesky. And counting.
Thank you all for your interest and support, and for your OWN efforts to change cities for the better. #UrbanTruth
Looking for development activity data in Toronto?
The Development Pipeline Dashboard is an interactive tool that lets people explore development activity across the city.
The dashboard highlights the number of projects, residential units, residential and non‑residential space.
Happy to be included in this great and important Starter Pack, along with a lot of Canadian urbanists and communicators! The @urbantruth.bsky.social keeps knocking it out of the park.
“Bike Share Toronto had a 40-per-cent increase in individual riders in 2025 compared to 2024” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Craven Road community art gallery (Toronto).
Coming soon. The new glazed terracotta-clad Wallace Emerson Community Centre and park at Dupont and Dufferin (architect Perkins + Will).
In response to popular demand after creating an arc diagram of rides between stations on the TTC’s Line 1, our Data Viz Lead has created one for Line 2 that displays which pairs of stations see the most trips, and which pairs have very few between them https://ow.ly/hjUa50YntwO
Enjoying a now-totally-legal 😀 espresso at Finch Store w/ Mayor Chow, Councillor Bravo & one of the main community voices who helped make the neighbourhood retail initiative happen @anotherglassbox.bsky.social Thx to Yana & entrepreneurs like her who bring life + community to local neighbourhoods!
The City is updating its Mid-Rise Building Design Guidelines — and we want to hear from you.
Join an online consultation to learn about the proposed updates and share your feedback.
📅 March 11 and 12
📍 Virtual Meetings
Register and learn more at: ow.ly/nBJF50YpMlV
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
Just a shoutout to all the people that made this happen. 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
My current read. “Strangers Need Strange Moments Together” by Melissa Mongiat and Mouna Andraos of the Montréal-based artist collective Daily tous les jours … about their work to bring together technology, storytelling, performance, and design in public space.
Which Canadian city has the most impressive #train station? #Winnipeg #Toronto … maybe #Vancouver … After all, Terminal City exists because of the #railways.
I’ve got to put in a vote for the Moderne 1933 Hamilton GO Centre.
In the second issue of EXPO, I look at the history of the condominium in Canada. Why did condos become the primary mode of delivering multi-unit urban housing? Why did we build so many? And what happens now that nobody's buying?
Cherry House at Canary Landing by Tricon and architect COBE.
Junction Square in the Junction by Block Developments and RAW Architects.
Leaside Common on Bayview by Gairloch Developments and architect BDP Quadrangle.
Some new Toronto midrise. This is “The Pacific” in the Junction by developers Oldstonehenge & Clifton Blake and CORE Architects.
The City and our partners have advanced flood protection & infrastructure in the Port Lands … and we’re now seeing new parks, streets and future neighbourhoods take shape. Join us for a Port Lands Open House on March 10 to celebrate progress and talk about what’s next. Details tinyurl.com/mry5mb3f
The Gold Medal is the highest honour that the Institute can bestow in recognition of a significant and lasting contribution to Canadian architecture.
“Mid-rise buildings give us an opportunity to vastly expand housing options in Toronto” by David Crombie and Tim Gray in @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/24/o...
Did you know that the City is conducting a survey about the future of street furniture in Toronto? The current contract expires in the summer of 2027 and a new vendor & furniture will be picked. Take the survey to have your voice heard. #TOpoli
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The 1929 Pape/Danforth branch of the Toronto Public Library, designed by George, Moorehouse & King to blend into the streetscape, with an award-winning 2006 renovation and expansion by Hariri Pontarini Architects.
A lot of talking about Bluesky going on around here tonight, so I’ll share this again — this platform has the best community and conversation relating to city-building/urbanism. And it’s the platform that I like the best, that’s closest to the old Twitter than I loved. I hope it keeps growing.
If we’re going to tackle the messy and complicated challenges facing cities today, we need clear, objective, factual information on which to base our decision-making. With people like Brent, Tom and Grant behind it … the new Urban Truth Collective is bound to be interesting!!
“Illuminite” at College Park — Downtown Yonge’s annual winter celebration of light, art, and public space. This is “Hearts at Play” by Daria Domnikova, “Horizon” by MattCreative and “Oval Swings” by Prevail Activations.
Looking forward to this book launch tonight (which features a few of my photographs)
www.mqup.ca/Books/T/Toro...
The February 2026 issue of Canadian Architect magazine: www.canadianarchitect.com/february-2026/, featuring RAIC Journal: issuu.com/iqbusinessme...
Cover: Union Station Revitalization, Toronto
Architect: NORR
Heritage Architect: EVOQ Architecture
Photo: Doublespace Photography
#architecture
I feel like I’ve been waiting 35 years for this.
