John Lorinc

There is only one forward-looking question to ask about the excruciating horror in Gaza: How will it end? By “how,” I’m talking not just about the short-term mechanics of an enduring ceasefire, but also about the “how” of the aftermath: How do enemies become neighbours? Yet there’s another, more backward-looking question that cries out for an answer: Where and when did this conflict…

There is a certain conceptual audacity about setting out to tell the story of a famed thoroughfare and its place — literal and figurative — in a broader urban history. Besides the basic factuality — its origin story, physical details, the landmark addresses, and so on — what exactly are we talking about when we focus on the life of Broadway or Fifth…

Tanya Chiu, a yoga instructor, bought her condo about a decade ago, when her forty-­unit building, located near Toronto’s High Park and designed in a Miami-­inflected art deco style, was “just a drawing.” Until she and her husband decided to sell, earlier this year, and move into a house with a backyard, they were mostly…