City Villages

Thoughts on the passing of 2020 I generally do not mark the passing of time; it is just a thing for me. But this year is vastly...

I was around in the 1980's in Ottawa and was Chair of Ecovision when, we as a city started including the future operating costs that...

Over the past couple of months I have managed to help a small developer make an application to the Committee of Adjustment that reduced...

There is a huge opportunity for small sustainability minded investors and residents of inner city residential neighbourhoods to...

Same building, 3 different looks. Want traditional, here is a look that might interest you Want Art Deco ee, this might meet your tastes...

Social Sustainability, It takes a Village Distributed Social Services Chris Jalkotzy, City Villages Summary Issues Unfortunately,...

The Missing Middle City Villages has now completed small rental residential building designs the fit into all residential neighbourhoods....

In my last post, I did not note that the building had changed from a senior's building to an apartment building. This is a welcome...

Wow, the number of stories that have been generated by one Stats Canada report and the low supply of single family homes in the GTA....

This post updates an older post with new information. I am adamantly against the character of the current "seniors residential building"...

I am very excited about 2017. For 35 years I have been learning about the way our human race functions. Everything from how we create...

I went to the open house for the proposed rezoning for the property south of the Loblaws Superstore in Westboro because they were...

Housing the Elderly, a new model that addresses not only the elderly but also affordability for the younger first time home buyer as...

Both the Committee of Adjustment and the approval process for rezoning applications has become less about what is required by the Ontario...

Many aspects of a new approach to housing the elderly have now been developed. There are a significant benefits to design buildings that...

The model for elderly housing has initially focused on people over 60 years old. As well, we were looking at small scale infill,...

When I started looking for my downsizing options, I decided to look into the housing statistics relating to people over 60 years old. We...

This blog will be about how City Villages came to be, the evolution of the philosophy behind City Villages and then how City Villages...