Can a tech company build a city? Ask Google
- Written by Sarah Barns, Engaged Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation startup owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has announced a partnership with the City of Toronto to develop a new waterfront precinct. Time to ask Google: can you build a city?
The Quayside precinct, dubbed “Sidewalk Toronto”, is to become a 500-hectare sandpit for testing a suite of new...






