Andrea Gabor, 1952-2015
The Toronto architectural community mourns the loss of Andrea Gabor, who passed away on December 24, 2015 at Bridgepoint Health Centre.
Andrea was an astute, warm and dedicated professional urban planner.  She loved cities and urban life, and will be remembered for building a legacy of vital contributions to her adopted city, Toronto, to cities and places around the world, and to her profession as an urban planner.  Her projects have been awarded numerous provincial, national, and international honours. She elevated the profession, enthusiastically mentoring many young planners, and playing a vital role as President of the Canadian Institute of Planners. Andrea completed her undergraduate education at McGill University in Sociology, continuing on to the Master?s in Urban Planning.  She arrived in Toronto in 1977 with her husband Peter, a residential architect. Early in her career in Toronto, Andrea joined the City of North York, where she was involved in its first tentative steps towards transformation from a suburban city to an urbanized centre.  In 1985 Andrea joined Joe Berridge and Frank Lewinberg in the planning and urban design consultancy now known as Urban Strategies, and became one of the firm?s earliest partners.
Andrea?s professional practice has largely focussed on the planning of new urban development, always deeply respecting the public interest balanced with the need for realistic implementation.  Many of her Toronto developm...