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Junkyard cars recycled into working bicycles
Watch this video about a bicycle that is manufactured from a variety of junkyard car parts. The frame is welded together from various car metals, the...
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TODERIAN: Canada needs a federal ministry of cities
Richard Florida called last week for President Obama to create a national US department of cities. When the author of The Rise of the Creative Class and...
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Hand drawn map of Japan’s intricate rail system
Artist Wyton Cho has hand drawn Japan’s rail system. The colourful lines intersect and meet at stations, and present an immediate sense of how vast...
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Shift 2013 Density Conference: March 6-9, 2013
Details Host: Dalhousie School of Planning Date: March 6-9, 2013 Location: PechaKucha night: Wed. Mar. 6 @Seahorse // Keynote Gil Penalosa (Carmichael...
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Poster campaign promotes 50 ideas for a new city
Check out these amazing posters that were put up all over New York City to help promote ideas for a new city. The project was launched and hosted by Urban...
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Urban Planet: Can bike-share programs overcome the helmet hurdle?
Bike-share programs have really been taking off in North America over the past few years, but not in municipalities with strict helmet laws. This article...
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10 questions to ask a transit planner
Cities are full of armchair transit planners — so much so, in fact, that the practice is derisively known as “drawing lines on a map.” But it’s far more...
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Urban Planet: Barcelona and London among cities in competition to share innovative urban solutions
Cities from around the world have answered the call for innovative and sustainable solutions to urban problems. Barcelona, Boston, Christchurch, London...
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Urban Planet: Youngstown and other American cities are shrinking to survive
If you are a Bruce Springsteen fan, you might already be aware of the hard times that have hit Youngstown, Ohio. Once a steel giant, Youngstown has lost...
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Urban Planet: New York street artists team up with ballet company
Street artists Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller have been putting up public art – often colourful urban themed collages – all over Brooklyn...
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Urban Planet: Cultural museum in China reflects Islamic architecture
The Yinchuan Exhibition Center in northwestern China fuses traditional Chinese architecture with Islamic motifs. The five story 25,302 square meter...
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Urban Planet: Boston packs up City Hall in truck to go
Boston City Hall has decided to take their services on the road. This truck—which used to be a SWAT vehicle—has been transformed to offer constituents a...
By Jonathan Zettel
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered