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September 9, 2020
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yongeTOmorrow starts today: now’s the time to redesign Downtown Yonge

By Ryerson CBI | City Building, Public Realm

Last week, the City of Toronto relaunched yongeTOmorrow, a project to design a people-first future for Downtown Yonge Street from Queen to College. The recommended design puts forward a bold…

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July 6, 2020
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Watch: Walk This Way Webinar Recording

By Ryerson CBI | CBI Events, Public Realm | No Comments

A major redesign of downtown Yonge Street has been in the works for years, but has taken on a new urgency under COVID-19, which has highlighted the need for more…

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June 25, 2020
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Busy intersection full of people

Making downtown Yonge a post-pandemic model of safety and equity

By Ryerson CBI | Public Realm

After years of community advocacy, in 2015 the City of Toronto launched the yongeTOmorrow study to improve the pedestrian experience along downtown Yonge Street from Queen to College. By early…

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June 9, 2020
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ActiveTO: First impressions of Toronto’s latest mobility initiative

By Ryerson CBI | CBI Events, Public Realm | No Comments

ActiveTO is the City of Toronto’s new plan to provide space on streets to help residents get outside and get around safely while respecting physical distancing, as part of the…

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May 28, 2020
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Webinar Series Examines Urban Design Challenges

By Ryerson CBI | CBI Events, Public Realm

Our Urban Innovation Cafe series is back, in webinar format. Over the next two months, join us for conversations with Ryerson experts and leading practitioners working on critical urban issues,…

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April 13, 2020
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Letter from RU Epidemiologists: Physical Distancing Needs Space

By Ryerson CBI | Public Realm, RU City Builders

On April 10, Ryerson faculty members Drs. Anne Harris and Linda Rothman called for more cycling and pedestrian space to achieve safe physical distancing, in an open letter to Toronto…

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November 8, 2019
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Urban Public Space that Toronto Can Be Proud Of

By Ryerson CBI | Public Realm

The redesign of downtown Yonge Street has been years in the making, and now, a new vision for a people-first Yonge Street is really taking shape with the release of…

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July 2, 2019
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Ontario Place: How about an integrated park district?

By Ryerson CBI | City Building, Public Realm

Accomplished city builder, CBI co-founder and author Ken Greenberg is a member of volunteer-run Ontario Place for All, an advocacy group fighting for the preservation of Ontario Place as a…

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May 8, 2019
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Together Design Lab Creates Toolkit for Laneway Activation

By Ryerson CBI | Public Realm, RU City Builders, Ryerson

With laneway housing now made possible in Toronto, it’s a great time to think more about how else we can animate our laneways and build an ever-more interesting, inclusive and…

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May 8, 2019
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Busy intersection full of people

Change afoot on Downtown Yonge

By Ryerson CBI | Public Realm, Urban Development
Downtown Yonge is the epicentre of Toronto’s growth and change, with rising condo towers, increasing office employment, shifting retail patterns and a growing student population. But the street itself hasn’t...
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