Streetscape

Toronto’s 10-year public art strategy

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Last week, Mayor John Tory dropped by OCAD to declare that 2021 would be the year of public art in Toronto. This announcement sets up... Read More

Run Score: Mapping Toronto’s Runnability

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There’s a lot of research that focuses on the walkability of Toronto neighbourhoods. However, there has been little conversation about... Read More

MUKHERJEE: Why has Toronto police stopped enforcing traffic safety?

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Does one call it callous disregard for human life or rank incompetence? Or a combination of both? I am referring to the deaths of 48... Read More

LORINC: When e-scooters hit Toronto’s streets

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When city council this summer passed new and moderately more stringent training regulations for Uber and Lyft drivers, no one could... Read More

WexPOPS pops-up in a vibrant suburban stripmall

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WexPOPS is a pilot of the plazaPOPS project, an initiative spearheaded by Daniel Rotsztain, aka The Urban Geographer, and Brendan... Read More

Mapping defensive urban design in Toronto

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What 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

When is efficient too efficient? Tech lessons from the port city of Hamburg

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Cities can have ports, and many do. Moreover, successful ports make for thriving cities. But ports are not cities. They are not models... Read More

Analysis: the permanent King Street transit way is a model for all Toronto

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The Toronto Streetcar, older or newer type, is an ever-present symbol of the city. The red, black and white TTC colours trundle along... Read More

LORINC: Celebration and Toronto’s Public Space Moment

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The hundreds of thousands of soccer fans spilling onto St. Clair West after Italy’s 1982 World Cup victory marked a turning point for... Read More