Yonge Street was pedestrianized 1971 - 1974. It works in other cities and it also literally worked here, bring it back!

Best summary of today's tour! Thanks @jocelynsquires.bsky.social ! 💙

That was fun! Thanks to everyone who joined us for this @janeswalk.bsky.social on this cool Spring day!

Toronto sunrise 🌄

A day of architectural events, starting at 401 Richmond for the launch of Dave LeBlanc's newest book: Hidden Toronto, followed by a great panel discussion organized by ACO Toronto at Allan Gardens. A nice reminder of how many people love our city.

Coming soon this summer (fingers crossed): a pedestrianized Church Street. Go support this initiative!

More creative and beautiful projects like these please ♥️ Not only is the conversion great, the new façade is bold and thoughtful.

New Order sang of Blue Monday. Easter Monday is Weird Monday tho. You can take it off and pretend it's a holiday, but you will still feel the guilt and anxiety of a regular monday.

Paella mixta to mark the end of Holy Week. A little piece of home to brighten up this grey Toronto day.

Some of the newest towers joining the Toronto skyline, this time by Studio Gang and Foster + Partners

Highly recommend a meal at Gooney's to anyone visiting Ottawa.

New ideas need old buildings. In today’s @globeandmail I showcase a vision for Toronto’s Old City Hall as a space for contemporary culture - opening this year. Let’s go. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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).

One of the best publications out there. If you don't already support @spacing.bsky.social , you should!

A great move. Our turn Toronto—our city hall also has a great observation deck and opening it only once a year for Doors Open is not enough. Let's celebrate our built legacy.

On theme for last night's trivia @jocelynsquires.bsky.social

Advocacy can take many shapes. Tonight was all about celebrating art and architecture in our city. Thanks to everyone who put up with my bad jokes and random facts!

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Always good to see what others are doing.

What news to wake up to. 💛💙💔

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The northern lights over Sápmi (also known as Swedish Lapland). Simply magical. 💚

Winter may not be my favorite season, but this year it is delivering some pretty beautiful skies.

My obituary for Frank Gehry: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and...

Another year, another @tosoarch.bsky.social BASH! So much fun to catch up with people in such a gorgeous venue. Limberlost Place by @moriyamateshima.bsky.social and Acton Ostry was the perfect place to set off and explore when I needed a break.

Twice in my Toronto life I have lived in apts built during that mid century boom, thankfully. The decision to slow it was correct *at that moment & context* but it led to a disastrous political climate & Toronto’s critical problem today.

Last night I hosted a special trivia night for the Architecture and Design Film Festival Toronto exploring brutalist architecture in film—perhaps one of the most unique events I've gotten to do! So much fun (and so much concrete!)

if you choose your friends well someday they may MC a brutalism x film trivia night and it will be fun (the friend in question is @joelleondanis.bsky.social and this was for ADFF + @tosoarch.bsky.social at TIFF)

Great to see this idea getting momentum. Church St at The Village is a truly unique place and pedestrianizing it for at least part of the year would go a long way in supporting its vibrancy. Already events like Pride and Halloween show its potential to be a gathering place.

Streets are for people. Great to see Church St. once again packed for Halloween 🎃. This is a yearly event we should really be investing in as a city—so much cultural and tourism potential!

I know it's not a shining point in the game but I love how much the Jays are bringing the city together. It's not exactly warm, and the outdoor stage at @utoronto.ca King's College Circle is packed with people. ❤️

day 2: dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball. meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium

Today in Ottawa: Library Archives Canada, Mathers Haldenby, 1967. This is just the lobby. What a feast of details.

Had the mindblowing opportunity to go up to what will soon be the tallest building in Canada. What a view!

Let’s talk about procurement (no seriously, it’s a really important topic!). The Toronto Society of Architects and the Ottawa Architecture Foundation are both hosting talks on public procurement processes and how to achieve better design outcomes.

Big News! The Toronto Society of Architects is now doing architecture boat tours! I got to ride along for the first one this weekend. Details at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/

My favourite waterfront hidden gems

Yesterday I took a fantastic architecture boat tour organized by Toronto Society of Architects. More to come - see their listings & sign up. torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/

That was fun! Let's do it 9 more times. You've got next weekend and the weekend after to catch on the @tosoarch.bsky.social boat tours as part of the Water/Fall festival! Thank you to @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social and Waterfront BIA for making this possible 🩵🛥️ torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/tours/

Here with a bunch of other awesome architecture nerds for the inaugural Toronto Society of Architects Architecture Boat Tour!!! @tosoarch.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing @joelleondanis.bsky.social keep up this level of excitement for 90 minutes!

Oooh and view now:

The massive construction of apartments in postwar urban Canada – principally Toronto – produced homes for the middle class and the working class. Millions of people to date. Density isn’t a magic wand, but: It made a difference, in the real world, in living memory.

Are you, like me, excited about PROCUREMENT?!! Then attend this panel discussion, presented by @tosoarch.bsky.social, featuring reps from Montréal, Edmonton, and New York to talk about procurement 🤝 design excellence. Oct 14, 12-1:30, online, FREE! torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/tsa-f...

Scarborough Civic Centre, Scarborough 1973, Raymond Moriyama Architect. An architectural and graphic design gem that has been (for the most part) very well preserved. The civic centre still features the old City of Scarborough logo, as well as the departmental supergraphics.

A great piece by Fadi Masoud with actionable items to make our city parks more beautiful and resilient (including dealing with those horrible bins).

Chipperfield comes to Toronto. An apartment tower that also saves a critically important Modern building. 40parkroad.ca/documents/

Harbour Terrace, Toronto 1987, Li Architect. 1990 Award of Merit Governor General's Awards for Architecture

Exploring some of the art and history in and around Grange Park with the Toronto Society of Architects. (Learn about the TSA’s walking tours at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/tours/ … they’re great!) @tosoarch.bsky.social

Postcard perfect views of Toronto at the newly opened Biidaasige Park with the new mouth of the Don River taking centre stage.

Celebrate public infrastructure 🎉