Social Structures Saving Lives
Recently, I had the opportunity to hear Indy Johar, Founding Director of Dark Matter Labs, when he came to visit our leadership team at Tridel. He was there to stretch […]
10 Lessons from Fenway Park about City Building
When my family takes a vacation, we often go to another city. Typically, visiting a sports arena is on the agenda. When you’re surrounded by boys, big and small, (I […]
Play Ball
Many conversations in the Six these last few weeks included a four letter word that starts with “b”. BALL. Basketball, to be specific. Thank you, Raptors. But, the basketball I […]
Will Toronto’s Housing Supply Ever Catch Up with Demand?
I read an excellent article recently in Novae Res Urbis about the proposed Housing Supply Action Plan initiated in November, which aims to increase provincial housing supply. Municipalities and stakeholders […]
The Volume of a World Class City
Volume of a World Class City This morning, I did an informal study with the members of my household to find out what they considered the most troublesome noise they […]
Saving the Intersection of our City and Nature
Tree Strategy: Saving the Intersection of our City and Nature I get an odd sense of pleasure when I go places where I don’t fit in. Such was the case […]
Boxing Day Boxes
It’s garbage day. It’s also Boxing Day. Ironically, I have a lot of boxes to throw out because it seems that every year, I accumulate more garbage around this time. […]
Community. Something we DO.
“Family” is a word that has special meaning for everyone. For Tridel, it captures a value that has been central to our identity for over 80 years. I can explain […]
Holiday Parties That Help Take Down the Patriarchy
Last week I had a great evening at the Altus’ holiday party and TREL-sponsored after party, where I had a chance to hobnob with people whose names I know well, but […]
Built with PRIDE
Our culture at Tridel is strongly defined as being a business that has “family” as one of its core values. We know however, that the word family itself and […]
The Art of Construction
There’s no doubt that art has helped shape our city. It’s personal, and its definition is broad. It encompasses everything from architecture to fashion, and continues to evolve in ways […]
Can You Touch Your Toes?
And other lessons in flexibility and Real Estate. This year at ULI ’s (Urban Land Institute’s) U.K Annual Conference, a large part of the theme was flexibility, at levels both […]
Invitation lost in the mail
I asked my 12 year old son what he thought of the film. He said “I don’t think they showed Tridel’s side fairly.” I repeated the question. “ If YOU weren’t […]
Mini “Musk” Moments
Some people say that they learn from their customers. Others, like Elon Musk, show that he not only learns from them, but acts on their ideas. Recently, Musk “made […]
Opportunities of a city builder
Contrary to the “senior’s moments” aka memory lapse that more of us seem to be suffering from these days, we often have another cognitive impairment that’s quite the contrary. I […]
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