Walking

LORINC: The paradox of the City’s new sidewalk snow removal program

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A question for the immediate aftermath of the heaviest snowstorm in ten years: Following years of resident complaints and half-hearted... Read More

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots

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We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery... Read More

Q&A with Hiba Abdallah: Public art and StrollTO’s Poems for Your Path

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Walks around the city have been made more interactive in the last few months thanks to StrollTO, a program implemented by the... Read More

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 062, The PATH ahead for Toronto’s underground

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With many people still working from home, the future of Toronto’s PATH system — the underground mall serving the financial... Read More

Achtung! Go for a German Walk T.O.

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Over the summer and fall I was happy to work with a team put together by the German Consulate in Toronto on a series of audio walks... Read More

Motor make-believe

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Make-believe is a beautiful thing when you’re defending a car-dominated transportation system amidst a disturbing road casualty toll... Read More

EXCERPT: Outdoor School – Under the Freeway, a Forest: Some Notes on Trespassing

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Outdoor School includes the contemporary environmental art of more than 20 Canadian and Indigenous artists.  Below is an excerpt from... Read More

The Un-Avenues: Integrating new intensity for housing, open spaces, and streets

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“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model... Read More

REID: Sidewalks — snow-free at last!

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I have been writing and advocating about the need to expand sidewalk snow clearing to every sidewalk in the city for what seems like... Read More

Shining a light on Toronto’s streetlamps

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Street lighting is an important, yet overlooked, part of any city’s standard infrastructure. For over seventy years... Read More