City of Toronto staff believed to be working in one of the Neighborhood Planning Offices in the early 1970s. | City of Toronto Archives, Series 1465, File 313, Item 6.

PPS Blog: Place Governance through Neighborhood Planning Offices

As a Torontonian at heart, I’m always looking for opportunities to bring the stories of Toronto’s amazing accomplishments in city building to a broader audience. So in this article I drill down on the city’s Neighborhood Planning Offices, storefront workspaces that aimed to make city planning more accountable, convenient, accessible and responsive to communities.