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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Bonus entry 6: Review period extended

Yesterday afternoon Waterfront Toronto announced that it and Sidewalk Labs had amended the July 2018 Plan Development Agreement (new version here and on my MIDP page; news release here). The key changes are (quoting from the news release): Extending the … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 16: The MIDP Volume 1, The Plans; Chapter 1: The Quayside Plan, Part 1: Development Plan

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries and relevant documents available here One question I’d love to have answered by people who know how land developments typically work is, how detailed should these plans be? Sidewalk Labs has had … Continue reading

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Bonus entry 5: My submission to Waterfront Toronto Quayside development consultations

Note: Waterfront Toronto’s initial consultations on Sidewalk Labs’ 1,496-page Master Innovation and Development Plan ended yesterday. The results will be used in some way to inform something that Waterfront Toronto has planned for the Fall. Maybe it’ll be a report … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 15: The MIDP Volume 1: The Plans, Introduction

In which I consider the line between fulfilling the RFP and overreaching it, reflect on the way Sidewalk Labs’ plan mirrors the long-discredited national-development strategies of the 1960s, dig a bit more into Sidewalk Labs’ desired rule-setting powers, and thank … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 14: The MIDP Overview V: The Partnership

In which Sidewalk Labs drops the sunny language and tells us how they want to get paid for their $39 billion plan, including for a very heavily qualified promise not to sell your personal information, the many, many new bureaucracies … Continue reading

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