Publications
Books and research on housing, local work and the everyday spaces that make a city.
Book
Rethinking the Urban Laneway
An exploration of the quieter network of work, living, movement and adaptation behind Toronto’s main streets.
Blair Scorgie
Digital PDF + EPUB · 124 pages
$5 CAD plus applicable tax
First edition · 2026Explore the book and preview
Book
How Cities Manage Change at their Edges
A closer look at the places where growth expectations meet established neighbourhoods and planning judgment carries the uncertainty.
Blair Scorgie
Digital PDF + EPUB · 99 pages
$5 CAD plus applicable tax
First edition · 2026Explore the book and preview
Book
Major Streets and the Future of Housing in Toronto
An examination of the modest apartment buildings beginning to reshape Toronto’s major streets, one or two properties at a time.
Blair Scorgie
Digital PDF + EPUB · 111 pages
$5 CAD plus applicable tax
First edition · 2026Explore the book and preview
Book
Time, Use, and the Evolution of Neighbourhoods
A study of how flexible work, local movement and changing daily routines are altering the way neighbourhoods are used.
Blair Scorgie
Digital PDF + EPUB · 104 pages
$5 CAD plus applicable tax
First edition · 2026Explore the book and preview
Book
Between Policy Permission and Routine Delivery
An examination of the everyday work required to turn more permissive planning policy into predictable project delivery.
Blair Scorgie
Digital PDF + EPUB · 100 pages
$5 CAD plus applicable tax
First edition · 2026Explore the book and preview
Research report
Local work. Small spaces. New possibilities.
An examination of where modest commercial, employment and community-serving activity could be appropriate within Toronto’s laneway network.
Scorgie Planning and collaborators
Digital report
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