Urban Design
Toronto
WexPOPS is a pilot of the plazaPOPS project, an initiative spearheaded by Daniel Rotsztain, aka The Urban Geographer, and Brendan Stewart (OALA, CAHP)... Read More
Video Vancouver: Larry Beasley on VancouverismVia TransLink Larry Beasley, a TransLink board member and former planner chief planner for the City of Vancouver, talks about his new... Read More
A century ago, interurban rail service helped Fraser Valley communities develop — and it could do the same thing today, says a group... Read More
Book Review – The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology In Its Place To Reclaim Our Urban FutureAuthor: Ben Green (MIT Press, 2019) This book is about the battle for the future of cities. The smart city may represent the next... Read More
Titanic Lack of Focus May Sink Vancouver’s Chance to Make Housing AffordableLast week Vancouver’s city council approved a city-wide planning process. If you’d followed my advocacy for a city-wide plan in The... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 037, Ken Greenberg’s TorontoTo celebrate three years of the Spacing Radio, we have an in-depth conversation with urban designer Ken Greenberg. We talk about his... Read More
Book Review – The Largest Art: A Measured Manifesto for a Plural UrbanismAuthor: Brent D. Ryan (MIT Press, 2017) Contemporary cities are the most complex entities humanity has ever created. To be sure, we... Read More
Mapping defensive urban design in TorontoWhat if you found out your neighbourhood public park may not be as welcoming as you thought? Over a few weekends in June, teams of... Read More
#GetAjaxMoving: Ongoing meaningful engagement to encourage sustainable transportationArmi de Francia is the Active Transportation Coordinator at the Town of Ajax who is continuing the implementation of the... Read More
Vancouver’s Municipal Roadmap for Athens: 5 Tips For A Smooth Transition at City HallThe City of Athens, Greece elected a new Mayor on June 2, 2019 — the youngest in the city’s history at 41 years old — in a landslide... Read More
Event: Heritage Vancouver Walking Tour, Mount Pleasant – Aug 18thHeritage Vancouver Walking Tour – Tour the Heritage Heart of Mount Pleasant Time: Sunday, August 18, 10:30am-12:30pm Cost: $10 for... Read More
ROBINSON: Let the public make up their mind about Sidewalk Toronto’s proposal 
Video Vancouver: Grandma On The Move 
We need surface transit innovations while Toronto waits for subways 
Notes from Charlottetown 
City politics in the wake of Ontario’s Bill 5 and lessons for Canadian cities 
Event – 2019 East Vancouver Garden Tour, Sunday, June 16th!