Tower Renewal Workshop March 2011

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Laura Taylor

St Denis Drive, Toronto

If you’re interested in contemporary urban revitalization, you’ll be interested in the challenges faced by the Toronto region in upgrading the apartment buildings from the 1960s. Home to many Torontonians, the 50 year old rental buildings are needing major upgrades, not the least of which is for improved energy efficiency.

In March 2011, the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York hosted a two-day workshop for students and the public to discuss the challenges of urban revitalization.

Have a look and send along your comments:

Tower Renewal workshop site

About Laura Taylor

I'm an associate professor and graduate planning program coordinator in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University. I am a planning consultant, too. This blog is to share my research on the politics of nature and the negotiation of landscape values in the city and city planning, with a keen interest in the urban-rural fringe and exurbia.
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