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  • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
    Google parent abandons plan for Toronto smart city

    Sidewalk Labs blames coronavirus pandemic for end of three-year project

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Smart cities
    Sidewalk Labs reaches smart-city deal with Toronto

    Alphabet subsidiary scales back ambitions for Canadian city’s waterfront

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    Smart cities
    Toronto smart city plan hinges on waterfront land compromise

    Location of new Google HQ could be key for green light to Sidewalk Labs development

  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    Alphabet Inc
    Alphabet reveals plans for Toronto smart city project

    Privacy and regulatory questions still loom over ambitious blueprint

  • Friday, 6 July, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Waterfront Toronto CEO departs
  • Monday, 2 July, 2018
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    Sidewalk Toronto: delays and NDAs
  • Thursday, 10 May, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Google-fication, continued
  • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Google-fication, an update
  • Monday, 12 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Embracing waterfront Google-fication in Toronto
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  • Friday, 20 October, 2017
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    The Fast Lane: Toronto — a Scarry, busy city

    Toronto has a troubled history with its waterfront, much of which is cut off by an overhead expressway

  • Tuesday, 17 October, 2017
    Technology sector
    Alphabet to build futuristic city in Toronto

    Plans for technology-enabled environment raise privacy concerns

  • Sunday, 24 September, 2017
    Infrastructure investment
    Ageing transport systems risk growth, US cities warned

    Authority on New York recovery calls for ‘trillions of dollars’ of infrastructure investment

  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2017
    Technology sector
    Alphabet looks for land to build experimental city

    Google sister company Sidewalk Labs makes progress with plan for urban innovation hub

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    First WiFi kiosks set to grace NY streets

    Nine-foot towers to act as transmitters for superfast network being built by Google-led team

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