Streetscape
Why Saving One House from Honda Demolition Matters
By Tristan Cleveland
HALIFAX – Steele Auto Group has started the demolition of 19 homes to expand a Honda dealership in the core of the Halifax... Read More
Main Street Dartmouth: Practice test of suburban sprawl repair
By Paul Dec
DARTMOUTH – Turning extensive parking lots into vibrant and walkable communities has long become the new North American dream... Read More
Tearing Off the Water Street “Refresh” Bandaid
By duncanwhitcomb
St. John’s, NL – Lately there’s been a lot of discussion surrounding the benefits of delaying St. John’s aptly named Water... Read More
Shaping Portland Street: Downtown Dartmouth’s Draft Design Manual
By Sam Austin
Dartmouth – What started as a response to the lack of guidance about what height was appropriate in Downtown Dartmouth has... Read More
Fredericton – The New Roundabout and the Crosswalk to Nowhere
By Hassan Arif
FREDERICTON – When the City of Fredericton opened the new roundabout, there was a lot of local media coverage. It was the first... Read More
Oppose the building, not the people
By Tristan Cleveland
HALIFAX – Know what happens when too many rats live together? According to one influential study, they become violent and... Read More
Our Winter of Discontent: Sidewalks and Snow Clearing
By Sam Austin
HALIFAX – After a brutal February and an almost as horrid March, Halifax (aka Hoth on a nasty day) is finally emerging from the... Read More
Oromocto – A New Frontier for Urbanism?
By Hassan Arif
Across North America, many suburban municipalities – characterized by strip malls with thoroughfares built for cars not pedestrians ... Read More