“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...

“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 ca.mar.medallia.com?e=90006671&d...

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.

Launching Winter Stations 2026 — Toronto’s annual exhibition of temporary outdoor art installations at Woodbine Beach! This is “Specularia” by Andrew Clark (USA) and “Embrace” by Will Cuthbert (Canada).

Mess Might Just be the Secret Weapon That Planners Forgot

Heritage, housing and sustainability! Featuring pre-fab mass timber panel cores and floors, this is WoodGreen Community Services’ 50-unit affordable rental housing redevelopment of the Danforth Baptist Church by Assembly Corp. and architect McCallum Sather in Toronto's North Riverdale neighbourhood.

We’re hiring Research Trainees for the 2026 Toronto Employment Survey! 🏙️ Students in Planning, Geography, GIS, or Environmental Studies: get hands‑on City Planning experience collecting employment and land‑use data across Toronto. 📅 Apply by February 23 🔗https://ow.ly/urrU50Yfp7C

U of T’s Maps and Data Library recently published a blog by Jeff Allen our Data Viz Lead, on a tool he built for viewing historial aerial imagery of Toronto collected from various sources. https://ow.ly/rqu150YfERX

Laneway living in Ossington (Toronto).

Not many investments achieve as many public policy goals as investments in new public transit … Chief Planner and Chief Congestion Officer enjoying a trip on Toronto’s new Eglinton Line!

I don’t know how many people join Bluesky each day, but my sense is that more & more people are discovering the outstanding community/conversation here (best on social media) about better cities. I still think STARTER PACKS are a superpower. I’ve made many, but here’s my first again. Please share.

Important job alert! Toronto’s City Planning Division is looking for a new Director of Urban Design. If you have a passion for cities and for the importance of architecture, urban design, art and heritage in successful city-building, you should check out our job posting at tinyurl.com/3e8s3br8

After years of producing content in the digital space I'm starting a Patreon. It will have both satirical news stories via The Rovélo Record (full stories) and the advocacy content you might expect from Rovélo Creative in this space and of course much more. www.patreon.com/cw/rovelocre...

Freddie in Leslieville (Toronto).

‘Now We Have a Voice’: Indigenous Architects Redesign Canada www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/r...

300 new homes, including 90 affordable homes, are coming soon to the site of a former parking lot in Toronto’s Cabbagetown neighbourhood. A new 35-storey “Housing Now” rental tower was approved this week, designed by Alison Brooks Architects in collaboration with architects—Alliance.

Attention artists, tactical urbanists, designers and just generally creative people! As our new island at Ookwemin Minising continues to take shape, we’re also thinking about what it can be right now. We’ve issued an RFP for a pop-up gathering space on the island. Info at www.c40.org/work-with-c40

From vacant lot to 65 homes. New midrise in the Junction by Block Developments and RAW Architects.

The Planning Research and Analytics team in @planning.cityof.toronto.ca has published a Development Pipeline dashboard. It shows development activity over the past 5 years. Have a look here: lnkd.in/g8pBE-Ej #Toronto #DevelopmentPipeline #RE #BI #Tableau #dashboards

“How do you plan and design a city that is safe and functional while also leaving room for spontaneity and serendipity?” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Floating sauna and cold plunge on the Toronto waterfront.

DTAH is revitalizing Seaton Park for the Bloor-Annex BIA! Share your thoughts to [email protected] by Sunday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. Learn more: www.bloorannex.ca/news-events/...

“I am sort of a spy" - street photographer Vivian Maier, born 100 years ago today.

"Multiculturalism Shapes Canadian Life. Does it Shape our Architecture?" Read the inaugural essay in my new monthly series of Canadian architecture criticism — EXPO. www.expothemagazine.com/expo-essays/...

Jackson Place Laneway digital collages in the Junction … by artists Daniel Mazzone and Benjamin Mitchley.

Black Public Joy is on shelves in large and local bookstores across Canada & the U.S. Through practice stories across many cities & research, I assert that Black public joy, and public joy of all kinds is civic, cultural & spatial infrastructure. DM for book talk & public joy mapping engagements.

Packed house! It must be a conversation about zoning. (Book talk for the new book “Impossible Toronto: On the Courtyard Learning from European Blocks” tonight at Type Books).

Winter Stations is back! Toronto’s annual exhibition of temporary outdoor art installations at Woodbine Beach launches Feb. 16. I got to be part of this year’s jury, and here’s some of the winning entries that you’ll be seeing!

CN Tower observation deck renovation honours "monument to Canadian life": www.dezeen.com/2026/01/26/cn-tower-renovation-superkul-bv/

I’m all-in for hyper-local Starter Packs (especially when they’re for my neighbourhood!)

Transit for the win.

City of Regina reveals the winners of its Finding Middle Ground Design Competition for innovative “missing middle” housing designs in established neighbourhoods. www.canadianarchitect.com/city-of-regi...

Apply by EOD Monday to be an Early Career Cdn. Urban Leader or Urbanist-in-Residence. Visiting experts engage in intellectual, cultural, artistic exchange; nurture new ideas; support research & knowledge creation across geographies, disciplines, communities https://ow.ly/5x9250XZouW

New issue! Issue 73 explores Eglinton Avenue, Toronto's "prime rib" from east to west, as it awaits its new transit line spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Ossington Avenue parkette by Forest and Field Landscape Architecture and art panel by Indigenous artist Philip Cote.

Wonderful news! The Art Gallery of Hamilton has a wonderful collection and great temporary exhibits. They’ll get 20% more space and will include new affordable housing as part of the project. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I’ve been lucky enough to cycle in lots of cities around the world … here’s a thread of some of my favourite urban cycling trails and bikeways. The Baana in Helsinki. The Dequindre Cut in Detroit. The Cultural Trail in Indianapolis. The Ciclopista Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca in Mexico City. /1

BREAKING: The TTC is getting new Line 2 subway trains (55 trains), manufactured right here in Ontario in Thunder Bay. They’re based on Alstom’s Metropolis platform, and look extremely modern. More here: news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...

from last night--it's thank your bus/streetcar driver weather

“New ideas must use old buildings” - Jane Jacobs. The 1907 Home Furniture Carpet building on Queen Street East in Toronto will soon be the location of a new public library.

The City is updating zoning to allow more housing near 120 transit stations across Toronto. Learn about the changes, ask questions and share feedback at six public engagement sessions (virtual and in person) from Jan 21 to Feb 12. Learn more: www.toronto.ca/StationAreaZoning

Toronto studying possible 7 km trail under the Gardiner Expressway www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...