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  • Solving mini city mysteries

    April 15, 2025 · 35 min

    This week on City Space, our team attempts to unravel a few puzzling urban enigmas. Can anything be a street name? Does a patch of grass qualify as a park? What does this unique house reveal about the development of the area? Irene and our…

  • How Frederick G. Gardiner shaped modern Toronto, for better or worse

    April 1, 2025 · 38 min

    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. In 1953…

  • How an Indigenous-led development is forcing Vancouver to face tough questions on reconciliation

    March 20, 2025 · 28 min

    Across Canada, more and more First Nations are turning to real estate and housing development as money makers, shaping the future of Canadian cities. This is especially visible in Vancouver with projects like Sen̓áḵw, a development by the…

  • The Parisian Calgary that could have been

    March 4, 2025 · 40 min

    In 1977, a 100-page hand-painted plan for a white, stone, European-style Calgary was discovered in the walls of a garage. The illustrations show a totally different vision for the city, with wide, stone boulevards, artificial lagoons and…

  • Is expropriation the solution to a housing crisis? The majority of Berliners think so

    February 18, 2025 · 35 min

    Is expropriation, or forcing corporations to sell apartments to the government, a way to ease the housing crisis? Berlin seems to think so. In a landmark referendum back in 2021, the majority of Berliners voted ‘yes’ to forced sales…

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  • Pedal politics: How Toronto’s bike lanes became so divisive

    February 4, 2025 · 39 min

    Study after study shows that bike lanes make roads safer for everyone and have a minimal effect on traffic congestion. Yet, in Canadian cities, they’re not always popular. In Toronto, they’re arguably the most divisive piece of road…

  • Coming soon: Season 5 of City Space

    January 28, 2025 · 2 min

    The decisions that cities make now - on housing, transit, and development - will shape how we live for decades to come. These aren't just policy issues: they reveal the fundamental debates driving how we live in cities. In the new season…

  • A conversation with Justin Trudeau on Canada’s housing crisis

    May 23, 2024 · 33 min

    Earlier this month, the City Space team met Prime Minister Trudeau for a sit-down interview to get his thoughts on the biggest challenges facing our cities: housing affordability, a labour shortage, population growth and the need for…

  • Will the cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup pay off for Toronto?

    April 16, 2024 · 43 min

    The men’s 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to Canada. Out of 106 games, Toronto will host just six. The city is facing a bill of $380 million or more for things like security and a stadium expansion. Huge sporting events like this are sold as…

  • Can Chinatown, Vancouver, survive the neighbourhood's revitalization?

    April 2, 2024 · 41 min

    Canada’s largest Chinatown has been under siege for over a century: first by race riots, then by poverty and most recently by the threat of development. We’re telling the story of why Chinatown, Vancouver, is one of Canada’s most resilient…

  • Prohibition's 100-year hangover in a Toronto neighbourhood

    March 19, 2024 · 36 min

    At the turn of the 20th century, a murder, a bar brawl and a sermon led to a 100-year ban on booze in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood. The Junction was Toronto’s last “dry” neighbourhood — meaning no alcohol was allowed to be sold — until…

  • Halifax is allowing homeless encampments in its parks. Should other cities do the same?

    March 5, 2024 · 40 min

    On August 18, 2021, downtown Halifax made international news when the city erupted in a sprawling protest against the removal of illegal homeless shelters from a park. Compared to other Canadian cities, Halifax’s homeless population has…

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About the show

How do we make our cities more livable? We want them to be more affordable, walkable and meet the needs of a tech-powered society. So, how do we actually reach those ideals? City Space is an urban living podcast from The Globe and Mail that seeks to answer those questions. Join host Irene Galea as she speaks to global experts and those close to home to learn what our cities are doing right and what we could do better. From accessibility to housing to transit, episodes will consider what truly makes a city run well, look to our global neighbours on what they’re getting right and deliberate on how to make the best cities we can.