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…
John Lorinc
John Lorinc publishes widely on cities, the environment, and business.
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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…