Opinion

By Stig Harvor – Big plans in the works for waterfront, portlands During the indolence of summer, our awareness is deflected from many issues that occupy us other times of the year. Vacations and enjoyable outdoor activities fill our time. ...

By Stig Harvor – The Great Debate on the future of the elevated Gardiner Expressway has yet to begin. A lot of studies and a lot of noise have been provoked over the years by supporters and opponents of this ...

By Stig Harvor – Is the preservation of a single historic building worth the destruction of the wider and also historic district around it? This is a question raised by the proposal of a high-rise condo development known as Five ...

By Stig Harvor – A lot of people in our city today are asking what good are existing, legally binding building bylaws if there is no effective way to enforce them? Huge high-rises are sprouting up all over the place ...

By Stig Harvor – Suddenly, out of seemingly nowhere, a completely new idea for the development of our derelict waterfront explodes at city council. It is the grandiose idea of a Toronto bid for the World’s Expo Fair of 2015. ...

By Stig Harvor – In Toronto, and particularly Downtown, private vehicles and public transit are locked in a constant struggle. Cars, trucks, buses and streetcars fight for space to move on crowded streets. In terms of occupied road space, streetcars ...

By Stig Harvor – Toronto’s street system was never designed to handle the traffic volume now imposed on it. The effect of cars Downtown is clear. They clog up our streets. They slow down public transit. They threaten the safety ...

By Stig Harvor – Mayor David Miller’s famous election campaign symbol of a broom has become a focus of his priorities in his first 3-year term in office. The broom symbolized a clean out of dubious backdoor practices and deals ...

By Stig Harvor – There are currently two significant development projects at opposite ends of the St. Lawrence Old Town area. The first is the monster condo proposal at the west end at 40 The Esplanade directly behind the St. ...

By Stig Harvor – A welcome and hopefully fruitful civic debate is taking shape in our city. It has been in the background for some time but is steadily involving a wider audience. The debate asks the complex question: How ...