But Gardiner’s legacy is a complicated one, and his reign left tensions between urban and suburban Toronto baked into the city’s physical fabric and governance.

In 1951 Gardiner became the first chair of Metropolitan Toronto, a trailblazing experiment in two-tier municipal governance that brought Toronto and 15 surrounding towns together, until full amalgamation in 1998.

If you drive in Toronto you know the name “Gardiner”. The waterfront expressway was named after the man who dominated Toronto politics at a crucial point in its history: Frederick Goldwyn Gardiner, or “Big Daddy” as he was known.

I feel like the Sam Rockwell scene in The White Lotus is to s3 what The Rat was to The Walkmen's career. 4.5 minutes so elevated and thrilling that whatever came before or after, no matter how good, feels like a bit of a letdown.

This week on City Space...In 1914 a British city planner named Thomas Mawson put together a comprehensive city plan that would have turned the prairie town of Calgary into "Vienna on the Bow". You can see his vision below. www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/art...

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Luka and LeBron at dinner tonight.

The horror.