Gregg Lintern
@gregglintern.bsky.social
Toronto’s Chief Planner from 2017 to 2023
Caught this leaving Houston - Tell me without telling me that, for some, a new stadium surrounded by a sea of parking is a little bit of heaven
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Caught this leaving Houston - Tell me without telling me that, for some, a new stadium surrounded by a sea of parking is a little bit of heaven
Meanwhile in Canada … 🇨🇦
September 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Meanwhile in Canada … 🇨🇦
Chocolate making in the heart of Toronto - every city should have a golden ticket
August 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Chocolate making in the heart of Toronto - every city should have a golden ticket
South Beach North, Toronto (Etobicoke/Mimico) 🇨🇦
August 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
South Beach North, Toronto (Etobicoke/Mimico) 🇨🇦
“…aligning financial feasibility with social value” for “a city that functions best when it responds to (all) the diverse needs of its residents” is the intergenerational moment for Toronto storeys.com/toronto-hous... The Crisis We Needed? Rethinking Housing In A Post-Speculation Market
The Crisis We Needed? Rethinking Toronto Housing In A Post-Speculation Market
Delays, cancellations, and a market in flux may feel like crisis — but for those shaping the city, this could be a generational opportunity.
storeys.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“…aligning financial feasibility with social value” for “a city that functions best when it responds to (all) the diverse needs of its residents” is the intergenerational moment for Toronto storeys.com/toronto-hous... The Crisis We Needed? Rethinking Housing In A Post-Speculation Market
Goal line approaching - final finishing inside and out & now leasing
April 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Goal line approaching - final finishing inside and out & now leasing
Toronto “returned to office” looking more likely
April 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Toronto “returned to office” looking more likely
Redefining “office” through a community & hotel concierge lens to compete with work from home
March 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Redefining “office” through a community & hotel concierge lens to compete with work from home
Is there one place that explains both USMCA trade rules & current 🇨🇦🇺🇸 tariffs on all goods & services & importantly the volume of trade by category of good or service so that one might judge the facts against the myths & judge the comparative impact of any new tariffs between old friends?
March 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Is there one place that explains both USMCA trade rules & current 🇨🇦🇺🇸 tariffs on all goods & services & importantly the volume of trade by category of good or service so that one might judge the facts against the myths & judge the comparative impact of any new tariffs between old friends?
Both practices of leaders & nations down through history - which appeals to the better angels of our nature?
Trade: is the exchange of goods and services between parties for mutually beneficial purposes.
Extortion: practice of obtaining something through force or threats.
Trade: is the exchange of goods and services between parties for mutually beneficial purposes.
Extortion: practice of obtaining something through force or threats.
March 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Both practices of leaders & nations down through history - which appeals to the better angels of our nature?
Trade: is the exchange of goods and services between parties for mutually beneficial purposes.
Extortion: practice of obtaining something through force or threats.
Trade: is the exchange of goods and services between parties for mutually beneficial purposes.
Extortion: practice of obtaining something through force or threats.
America: scenes from your Canadian cousins today
March 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
America: scenes from your Canadian cousins today
Progress looks like this from July ‘24 to February ‘25 for this Toronto infill - 4 storey, 6 rental homes & 1 commercial unit
February 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Progress looks like this from July ‘24 to February ‘25 for this Toronto infill - 4 storey, 6 rental homes & 1 commercial unit
Buying “Canadian” product that says it’s made with domestic and imported products, is labelled “Alaskan”, melts ice faster than salt, in metric & bilingual of course - seems like next level patriotism 🇨🇦
February 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Buying “Canadian” product that says it’s made with domestic and imported products, is labelled “Alaskan”, melts ice faster than salt, in metric & bilingual of course - seems like next level patriotism 🇨🇦
The only further consultation you need on updating Toronto’s Avenues policies: Just talk to your kids, your extended family, friends and employees or coworkers to hear how they struggle to find financially attainable homes to rent or own in Toronto secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Agenda Item History 2025.PH18.5
Agenda Item History 2025.PH18.5
secure.toronto.ca
February 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The only further consultation you need on updating Toronto’s Avenues policies: Just talk to your kids, your extended family, friends and employees or coworkers to hear how they struggle to find financially attainable homes to rent or own in Toronto secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
A 🇨🇦 rally might exercise some emotional energy - to help keep the country together, this one almost 30 years ago in Montreal
February 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A 🇨🇦 rally might exercise some emotional energy - to help keep the country together, this one almost 30 years ago in Montreal
Best Canadian made Bourbon? asking for my friends 🇨🇦
February 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Best Canadian made Bourbon? asking for my friends 🇨🇦
The lack of well planned transportation alternatives including frequent high speed rail within dense urban regions contributes to overtaxing the demand for airport capacity, airports which might function better (and more safely) if longer distance travel needs were met in priority
January 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The lack of well planned transportation alternatives including frequent high speed rail within dense urban regions contributes to overtaxing the demand for airport capacity, airports which might function better (and more safely) if longer distance travel needs were met in priority
Objections included impact on “community integrity”; wouldn’t providing more local housing options actually improve community integrity ? www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
A proposed fourplex in Etobicoke was rejected after opposition from more than 40 neighbours
More than 40 households opposed the proposal, which sought to build larger than current rules allow.
www.thestar.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Objections included impact on “community integrity”; wouldn’t providing more local housing options actually improve community integrity ? www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
Toronto’s inner suburbs: more housing choice for more people in more places www.thestar.com/news/gta/two...
Two years after the city allowed four-unit multiplexes in residential neighbourhoods, staff want to test sixplexes in this Toronto ward
The plan would see sixplexes allowed as a right, a move welcomed by Scarborough North Councillor Jamaal Myers as a way to ‘densify gently and over time.’
www.thestar.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Toronto’s inner suburbs: more housing choice for more people in more places www.thestar.com/news/gta/two...
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January 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Building more homes in Toronto: permissive zoning ✅
eliminate charges✅
align financing options ✅ lanewayhousingadvisors.com/2025/01/cmhc...
eliminate charges✅
align financing options ✅ lanewayhousingadvisors.com/2025/01/cmhc...
CMHC releases details on mortgage refinancing to build secondary suites – garden suites and laneway houses – Laneway Housing Advisors
lanewayhousingadvisors.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Building more homes in Toronto: permissive zoning ✅
eliminate charges✅
align financing options ✅ lanewayhousingadvisors.com/2025/01/cmhc...
eliminate charges✅
align financing options ✅ lanewayhousingadvisors.com/2025/01/cmhc...
“urban planners are not merely neutral technicians but are embedded in complex political environments.” Or as I liked to say “read the room”. Great piece by Jason Syvixay
www.canadianarchitect.com/reimagining-...
www.canadianarchitect.com/reimagining-...
Reimagining Urban Leadership
There’s often a chasm between what urban planners envision and what is actually realized. Many plans, no matter how meticulously crafted, remain unfulfilled, leading to a cognitive dissonance between ...
www.canadianarchitect.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“urban planners are not merely neutral technicians but are embedded in complex political environments.” Or as I liked to say “read the room”. Great piece by Jason Syvixay
www.canadianarchitect.com/reimagining-...
www.canadianarchitect.com/reimagining-...
Here in Canada it’s called a “double double” - from a duplex to a fourplex or homes for four households
January 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Here in Canada it’s called a “double double” - from a duplex to a fourplex or homes for four households