Yinnon G
@yinnong.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Master of Urban Innovation program, IMI, UTM
Thoughts on planning and housing in Toronto
But also random Hebrew ramblings because in my mind this is 2009 Twitter
Thoughts on planning and housing in Toronto
But also random Hebrew ramblings because in my mind this is 2009 Twitter
the people of Toronto would be happy not to foot the multimillion dollar bill for six group stage games
President Donald Trump issued a veiled threat to Democratic-run cities slated to host World Cup matches next year, saying he might ask FIFA to move games from certain cities if he feels crime is too high or local leadership isn’t cooperating with the federal government.
Trump muses about what it would take to strip World Cup host cities of games just months before the tournament kicks off | CNN
President Donald Trump issued a veiled threat to Democratic-run cities slated to host World Cup games next year, saying he might ask FIFA to move games from certain cities if he feels crime is too hig...
www.cnn.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
the people of Toronto would be happy not to foot the multimillion dollar bill for six group stage games
Adding Mike Bird's The Land Trap to my reading list after reading this thorough and fascinating summary. One paragraph about China got me thinking of another country with somewhat parallel property/productivity problems
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/book-revie...
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/book-revie...
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Adding Mike Bird's The Land Trap to my reading list after reading this thorough and fascinating summary. One paragraph about China got me thinking of another country with somewhat parallel property/productivity problems
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/book-revie...
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/book-revie...
This is pretty remarkable if true. Says a lot about both the dire condition of the housing market and the extensive involvement of the City
Formally introducing the Planning & Housing items on the agenda, committee chair Councillor Gord Perks highlights a factoid: "As of today, 65% of all housing under construction in the City of Toronto is either led by the City of Toronto or has the City of Toronto as a partner."
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is pretty remarkable if true. Says a lot about both the dire condition of the housing market and the extensive involvement of the City
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New evidence shows that living in affordable housing (in this case, LIHTC) is associated with small but significant increases in heath for both mothers and infants, compared to those not living in subsidized units.
Affordable Housing During Childhood Improves Long-term Outcomes of Women and their Children
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New evidence shows that living in affordable housing (in this case, LIHTC) is associated with small but significant increases in heath for both mothers and infants, compared to those not living in subsidized units.
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As a Dodgers fan, I literally feel like Sarah Connor at the end of the first Terminator. That’s how good the Blue Jays were.
Like we won but I’m so traumatized I’m going to lose custody of my son because I trained him to shoot weapons in Nicaragua and I’ll end up in a max cell at Pescadero
Like we won but I’m so traumatized I’m going to lose custody of my son because I trained him to shoot weapons in Nicaragua and I’ll end up in a max cell at Pescadero
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
As a Dodgers fan, I literally feel like Sarah Connor at the end of the first Terminator. That’s how good the Blue Jays were.
Like we won but I’m so traumatized I’m going to lose custody of my son because I trained him to shoot weapons in Nicaragua and I’ll end up in a max cell at Pescadero
Like we won but I’m so traumatized I’m going to lose custody of my son because I trained him to shoot weapons in Nicaragua and I’ll end up in a max cell at Pescadero
Found one of my favourite satirical skits on Youtube. It's from 1994 and still accurately represents Israeli society
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4uI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4uI...
החמישיה הקאמרית - An Extraordinary Revelation ENG SUB
YouTube video by miklik4
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Found one of my favourite satirical skits on Youtube. It's from 1994 and still accurately represents Israeli society
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4uI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4uI...
What is it I hear, mamdani wore a tan suit??
October 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
What is it I hear, mamdani wore a tan suit??
Are midrise courtyard blocks the carcinization* of urban design? I recall working on a neighbourhood densification plan in Israel 2014, where the plan architect suggested them instead of high rises and was rejected outright by city planning
* Evolutionary tendency to converge into crab-like forms
* Evolutionary tendency to converge into crab-like forms
Imagine a city of great apartments where everyone knows their neighbours. The Neptis Foundation has a vision: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible
A specific, provocative proposal for how Toronto might evolve offers good ideas
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Are midrise courtyard blocks the carcinization* of urban design? I recall working on a neighbourhood densification plan in Israel 2014, where the plan architect suggested them instead of high rises and was rejected outright by city planning
* Evolutionary tendency to converge into crab-like forms
* Evolutionary tendency to converge into crab-like forms
The Thin Blue Line is taking an interesting turn (squiggle?)
Chat is it a good sign if the cops are publicly disavowing the regimes actions on Twitter
October 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Thin Blue Line is taking an interesting turn (squiggle?)
Side note: "AL/NL Champions" are such funny titles. Literally 2nd place trophies
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Side note: "AL/NL Champions" are such funny titles. Literally 2nd place trophies
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This is the toxic, totalising logic of "there are no innocents there". When I think of the victims, I think: it could have been me, it could have been my family. If I were in the wrong place, if I was born on the wrong side, I would not have been spared.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is the toxic, totalising logic of "there are no innocents there". When I think of the victims, I think: it could have been me, it could have been my family. If I were in the wrong place, if I was born on the wrong side, I would not have been spared.
3/3
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TDSB truck fully blocking the footpath to school on a muddy mornin. It’s an epidemic.
October 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
TDSB truck fully blocking the footpath to school on a muddy mornin. It’s an epidemic.
Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A lot of curious word choices in @theglobeandmail.com's real estate newsletter.
"preconstruction market worked amazingly well" - for whom? Are we happy with the products delivered?
The challenge today is with "the cost of the units" - who inflated their cost [chasing goose meme]?!
"preconstruction market worked amazingly well" - for whom? Are we happy with the products delivered?
The challenge today is with "the cost of the units" - who inflated their cost [chasing goose meme]?!
September 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A lot of curious word choices in @theglobeandmail.com's real estate newsletter.
"preconstruction market worked amazingly well" - for whom? Are we happy with the products delivered?
The challenge today is with "the cost of the units" - who inflated their cost [chasing goose meme]?!
"preconstruction market worked amazingly well" - for whom? Are we happy with the products delivered?
The challenge today is with "the cost of the units" - who inflated their cost [chasing goose meme]?!
Creative Mixed Use!
Another interesting library redevelopment moving forward in New York City, this time in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The project will replace an old library and parking lot with a new library with affordable housing on top.
newyorkyimby.com/2025/09/city...
newyorkyimby.com/2025/09/city...
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Creative Mixed Use!
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What happens to $20 B worth of land under provincial supervision. The province didn't respond to my questions, the TDSB can't speak to media. My latest for @thelocal.to thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...
What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local
The TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next.
thelocal.to
September 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What happens to $20 B worth of land under provincial supervision. The province didn't respond to my questions, the TDSB can't speak to media. My latest for @thelocal.to thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...
Is this Wirecutter or the Onion
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Is this Wirecutter or the Onion
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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Elizabeth Tsurkov, for me, is an example of a rare Jewish Israeli who decided to embrace the Middle East as her home, immersed itself in Arabic language and culture, struggled and put herself at risk for justice and liberty for people in Palestine, Syria and Iraq. She's a model of how things can be.
Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released after being kidnapped by Kata’ib Hezbollah and spending more than two years in captivity.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Israeli-Russian graduate student freed after 903 days in Hezbollah captivity
Elizabeth Tsurkov, who entered Iraq to do research for Princeton, had gone missing in Iraq in early 2023
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Elizabeth Tsurkov, for me, is an example of a rare Jewish Israeli who decided to embrace the Middle East as her home, immersed itself in Arabic language and culture, struggled and put herself at risk for justice and liberty for people in Palestine, Syria and Iraq. She's a model of how things can be.
Found at 4yo’s school, should have taken them with me
September 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Found at 4yo’s school, should have taken them with me
Me reading the Airbnb cottage instructions
August 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Me reading the Airbnb cottage instructions
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a very bleak development in terms of my view of the world in the last few years has been both ‘the Israeli govt is much worse than I thought and deserves an enormous amount of criticism’ and ‘yeah a lot of people geniunely are just low-grade antisemitic’ both apparently being true.
The latest on how the internet has made us all medieval peasants: “this cookie chain has the spirit of the perfidious Jew behind it”
August 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a very bleak development in terms of my view of the world in the last few years has been both ‘the Israeli govt is much worse than I thought and deserves an enormous amount of criticism’ and ‘yeah a lot of people geniunely are just low-grade antisemitic’ both apparently being true.
Wouldn’t it be funny if the people that keep redrawing the labyrinth are the same people that keep cutting down the parkside drive speed camera
You have to wonder how much money the city has spent removing the guerrilla labyrinth in Grange Park, only to have it re-painted again and again
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Wouldn’t it be funny if the people that keep redrawing the labyrinth are the same people that keep cutting down the parkside drive speed camera
The year is 2035. The world lies in ruins. I awake in my cave, my blistered hand reaches for the phone and open the NYT games app. A 13-hour brain break lies ahead of me
August 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The year is 2035. The world lies in ruins. I awake in my cave, my blistered hand reaches for the phone and open the NYT games app. A 13-hour brain break lies ahead of me
Did anyone else notice when our monopolistic overlords have switched from “we sell Canadian!” To “we offer one shelf of Canadian goods and they cost one dollar extra”?
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Did anyone else notice when our monopolistic overlords have switched from “we sell Canadian!” To “we offer one shelf of Canadian goods and they cost one dollar extra”?