{"id":1869,"date":"2011-04-08T12:41:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T17:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.era.on.ca\/blogs\/office\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2014-03-18T15:56:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T19:56:13","slug":"the-new-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/2011\/the-new-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-08-at-1.30.25-PM-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1870\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-04-08 at 1.30.25 PM copy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-08-at-1.30.25-PM-copy-500x436.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Graeme is featured on the cover of the brand new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontostandard.com\/\">Toronto Standard<\/a> online daily news portal, with an extensive interview covering the Tower Neighbourhood Renewal initiative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This is a 20-year project. We\u2019re talking about a huge number of buildings, hundreds of neighbourhoods and over a million [residents]. It\u2019s about a gradual process of improvement. For now, it\u2019s working in specific communities with different landowners, asking whether we can take down some fences, rezone for mixed use, introduce some modest demonstration projects regarding community development and building upgrade. Then we can make these new ideas viral, the new status quo. Over the long term, this can provide real opportunities for a more sustainable and livable city-region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>These buildings aren\u00b4t going anywhere, but the longer we wait, the more difficult the challenge. It\u2019s time to get going.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read the full interview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontostandard.com\/the-city\/city-thinker-qa\">here<\/a>, titled &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontostandard.com\/the-city\/city-thinker-qa\">Reinventing Suburbia<\/a>&#8216;.\u00a0 Half newspaper and half blog, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontostandard.com\/\">Standard<\/a> is beautiful to look at, and is a welcome voice in the ongoing local discourse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graeme is featured on the cover of the brand new Toronto Standard online daily news portal, with an extensive interview covering the Tower Neighbourhood Renewal initiative. This is a 20-year project. We\u2019re talking about a huge number of buildings, hundreds of neighbourhoods and over a million [residents]. It\u2019s about a gradual process of improvement. 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