Alex Bozikovic
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, University of Toronto Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids.
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It is certainly interesting that the politician who frames himself as the most conservative is obsessed with regulating what people sell and where they live
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The very idea that a politician thinks they should be able to create a prescribed list of approved items for sale really highlights how unhinged local politics is.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It is certainly interesting that the politician who frames himself as the most conservative is obsessed with regulating what people sell and where they live
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I don’t know if this is a good reason to sacrifice them all, but it is true. The only exceptions are houses built for the upper classes, of which Toronto had relatively few and which have largely already been protected.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I don’t know if this is a good reason to sacrifice them all, but it is true. The only exceptions are houses built for the upper classes, of which Toronto had relatively few and which have largely already been protected.
It has more multi-res because it used to be legal to tear down houses and economical to make them rooming houses. Since 1972 the area has lost much of its population and diversity. The blend that everyone likes was created by the conditions of 50 years ago, and the blend is disappearing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It has more multi-res because it used to be legal to tear down houses and economical to make them rooming houses. Since 1972 the area has lost much of its population and diversity. The blend that everyone likes was created by the conditions of 50 years ago, and the blend is disappearing.
Those other neighbourhoods are not on the doorstep of downtown, next to the university, and served by three subway stations.
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Those other neighbourhoods are not on the doorstep of downtown, next to the university, and served by three subway stations.
Do you have a point or are you just being rude?
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Do you have a point or are you just being rude?
This now houses a few wealthy people, as every single-family house in the neighbourhood will eventually.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This now houses a few wealthy people, as every single-family house in the neighbourhood will eventually.
I think this should be a part of the discussion. The neighbourhoods that have the most heritage protection, have it based on the streetscape, but the there is little left of the original buildings, and their demographics have changed completely. Cabbagetown is a Disney World.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I think this should be a part of the discussion. The neighbourhoods that have the most heritage protection, have it based on the streetscape, but the there is little left of the original buildings, and their demographics have changed completely. Cabbagetown is a Disney World.
Almost certainly contextual, probably nothing in the other categories.
The contextual criterion basically means: this is an old neighbourhood and we should leave it the way it is. I disagree that this should override all social and economic considerations.
The contextual criterion basically means: this is an old neighbourhood and we should leave it the way it is. I disagree that this should override all social and economic considerations.
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Almost certainly contextual, probably nothing in the other categories.
The contextual criterion basically means: this is an old neighbourhood and we should leave it the way it is. I disagree that this should override all social and economic considerations.
The contextual criterion basically means: this is an old neighbourhood and we should leave it the way it is. I disagree that this should override all social and economic considerations.
Nice house, little of heritage significance, sold for $3.85-million. 100m from Bathurst subway station
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nice house, little of heritage significance, sold for $3.85-million. 100m from Bathurst subway station
One of the owners is a distinguished architect, and he certainly knows
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
One of the owners is a distinguished architect, and he certainly knows
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Another form of “The Populist Playbook.” The fake, unrepresentative, but impressively titled “organization.”
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’m sure that, given their concern for tenants, they will be advocating for tenant protections against eviction in all cases when houses are renovated
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I’m sure that, given their concern for tenants, they will be advocating for tenant protections against eviction in all cases when houses are renovated