HOUSING FOR ALL: How Toronto Built the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood

The inside story from the city planners behind Toronto’s most successful affordable housing neighbourhood - and the lessons we can take away to tackle today’s urban housing crisis.

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 • 5:00-6:00pm

Robert Sutherland Hall • Room 202

138 Union Street

FRANK LEWINBERG FCIP is the co-founder and partner emeritus of Urban Strategies, one of Canada’s leading urban design and planning consultancies. He was responsible for the master plans of the St. Lawrence neighbourhood and has a continued interest in affordable housing.

VINCENZO PIETROPAOLO OC was a city planner with the City of Toronto for over fifteen years before turning to photography full-time. An award-winning photographer, Pietropaolo has been deemed “one of Canada’s pre-eminent documentary photographers” by Canadian Geographic Magazine.

Book signing to follow, courtesy of Novel Idea Bookstore

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