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August 19, 2020
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Ken Greenberg: Giving Birth to a 20-Minute Transit Oriented Community in Brampton

By Ryerson CBI | Regional Planning

This post originally appeared on Ken Greenberg’s blog at kengreenberg.ca on August 18, 2020. It is being reposted here with the author’s permission. It has now been over a year…

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July 20, 2020
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Ken Greenberg: is COVID-19 the accelerator for walkable neighbourhoods?

By Ryerson CBI | City Building

This post originally appeared on kengreenberg.ca on July 16, 2020 as “How We Can Get Back to Walkable Neighbourhoods throughout the Toronto City Region and Why Covid 19 May be…

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April 1, 2020
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New webinar series: Future of Cities

By Ryerson CBI | City Building

As Toronto grapples with COVID-19 (along with cities and regions the world over), city builders are considering its potential impacts on urban density, housing, work, mobility and neighbourhoods in the…

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March 27, 2020
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The Resource of Kindness: Ken Greenberg’s Diary, Week 2

By Ryerson CBI | City Building

Urban designer Ken Greenberg  is our organization’s co-founder. Since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Toronto, he’s been keeping a daily diary. We’re publishing some of his thoughts and reflections here, in…

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March 20, 2020
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Staying Apart to Pull Together: Reflections from Ken Greenberg

By Ryerson CBI | City Building

Urban designer Ken Greenberg  is our organization’s co-founder. Since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Toronto, he’s been keeping a daily diary. We’re publishing some of his thoughts and reflections here,…

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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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April 28, 2019
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“Toronto, Interrupted” examines huge changes facing the city

By Ryerson CBI | Special Presentations

Urban designer Ken Greenberg, co-founder of Ryerson CBI, is soon to launch his latest book, Toronto Reborn, which tells the tale of Toronto’s transformation into a vibrant, modern and inclusive…

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December 3, 2018
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Rethinking Transportation; Planning for Tomorrow

By Ryerson CBI | Regional Planning, Transportation/Transit

The reactions to the closing of the General Motors plant in Oshawa speak volumes. Leader of the Conservative Party Andrew Scheer absurdly tried to place the blame on carbon pricing–as…

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September 18, 2018
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Helsinki, Finland’s Lessons in Municipal Reform

By Ryerson CBI | City Building

By Ken Greenberg As everyone knows, the future of Toronto City Council is right now uncertain, its size and ward boundaries dependent on the pending decision about Bill 5, proposed…

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January 15, 2018
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Turning Toronto’s industrial zones into communities of the future

By Ryerson CBI | City Building, Publications

A new paper by Ken Greenberg, Vice Chair of the Ryerson City Building Institute (CBI), outlines how under-utilized industrial sites could become Toronto’s communities of the future. Drawing on lessons…

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