Making Toronto Modern
What does it mean to build a modern city? In the latest issue of the Urban History Review, I review Christopher Armstrong’s Making Toronto Modern: Architecture and Design, 1895-1975.
Watching Toronto grow, 1900-2002
This video uses building construction dates to map Toronto’s rapidly-expanding urban footprint in the twentieth century.
Review: Planning Toronto
Planning Toronto offers a refreshing new interpretation of Toronto’s 20th century struggles with planned and unplanned growth.
Yonge Street Mall in Spacing
My Spacing article on the Yonge Street mall is out!
How Did the Urban Reformers Change Toronto?
A review essay that asks: Is it time for a reassessment of the history of 1970s urban reform in Toronto?
Toronto Heritage Awards
I’m delighted to be nominated for Heritage Toronto’s 2015 Short Publication prize.
Creating Toronto: A Walking Tour
This year, I was pleased to be asked to lead a Heritage Toronto walking tour of downtown, entitled “Creating Toronto: The Story of the City in Seven Stops”.
Remaking and Reimagining the City
I’m excited to be presenting my research on the Toronto Eaton Centre for the first time at the annual meeting of the CHA in Ottawa.
Toronto vs. Montréal: A Short History
In this post, I look back at nearly two centuries of real (and imagined) rivalry between Canada’s two metropoles.
Private Parts in Public Places
New History Lab is a seminar series at the University of Leicester, organized by graduate students in the School of History.
“When Sex Dominated Yonge Street”: My piece in Spacing Magazine’s Fall 2014 issue
My article in the latest issue of Spacing takes a look at 1970s debates over vice on Yonge Street. Check it out!
Stop the Smut! Citizen Activism and Toronto’s Sin Strip, 1972-1973
This Friday, October 3rd, I’ll be taking part in a panel on vice and citizen activism at a conference in Montréal. The only thing is…I’m in the UK.
Urban Transformations: An Avenue For Academic Work in the Community
Over the weekend of June 20-22, Urban Transformations opened the doors of the Wychwood Barns to academics and urbanists.
Here and Now
On June 20th I biked down to the iconic CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) building in downtown Toronto for an interview on the popular afternoon show Here and Now, with Gill Deacon.
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