Culture
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I Love These Streets. Come Walk with Me
Photos by Kayla Isomura Looking at my house fills me with a quiet joy. She is painted in turquoise with a bright yellow door. Vines gives her a winsome...
By Emilie K Adin -
What do I feel?
As part of a set of four posts with Spacing, Artmap.ca / AccessArt is sharing sixteen short videos that feature some of our favourite public art pieces in...
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GREENBERG: How Toronto can navigate the urban frontlines of a trade war
For over four decades, urban designer Ken Greenberg has played a pivotal role on public and private assignments in urban settings throughout North America...
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Can I move around and get close to the art?
As part of a set of four posts with Spacing, Artmap.ca / AccessArt is sharing sixteen short videos that feature some of our favourite public art pieces in...
By Artmap.ca / AccessArt -
Can I go there? Do I want to go there?
As part of a set of four posts with Spacing, Artmap.ca / AccessArt is sharing sixteen short videos that feature some of our favourite public art pieces in...
By Artmap.ca / AccessArt -
Black History Month 2025: Racial Discrimination at Toronto’s Nightclubs
Cheryl Thompson is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Black Expressive Culture & Creativity, Associate Professor of Performance at Toronto Metropolitan...
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How Art Works
as dialysisdrop by drop, filters toxins from bloodbefore they can poison the heartthis venom, refined, is art. as antivenindrop by drop, binds toxins in...
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UCS #39: The Broadway Plan in Action
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
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Book Review – Designing Disorder: Experiments and Disruptions in the City
Authors: Pablo Sendra and Richard Sennet (Verso, 2020) Pablo Sendra and Richard Sennet are established professors and urbanists who have significantly...
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S101S: Defining Public Space: The Basics
Public space is a dynamic and essential part of our collective urban experience. Streets, parks, plazas, and beaches serve as the everyday settings where...
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The True Christmas of Meaning
Holly Snolightly is a beautiful thirtysomething travel writer and the busy Manhattan CEO of an international Christmas tree conglomerate. She reserves a...
By Derek DeLand -
UCS #32: Not So Public Art
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related reading:
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate