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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Matthew Blackett

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  • The evolution of the big gay dance party

    The world moves in a mysterious way, its cities reform, and though there are any number of ultimately undecipherable forces at work in the way any city...

  • The bewitching city

    Some things that have made me love Toronto in the past few weeks: The City Beautification Ensemble spray painting dull bicycle posts with pretty colours...

  • Forest amongst the buildings

    Native oak and birch trees shade out the harsh noonday sun. Squirrels forage for acorns amongst the serviceberry bushes and wildflowers. The sound of...

  • The Missing Plaque Porject

    If you took a stroll past the lamp posts and utility poles around Nathan Phillips Square this fall, you might have discovered a little known piece of...

  • Slipping through the spectacle

    People in Toronto like to drag their parties out onto the streets. It gives the rest of us a chance to sneak in and crash them, or participate, or just...

  • Enjoy getting lost in your own city

    I like to walk around the city. Since I moved here four years ago, I have wanted to find out what lies beyond each street or park. Not knowing about the...

  • Extreme walking

    I'm sore today, my body jolting me with pain when I make demands of it. Sandy and I went parkouring yesterday, on the first day that deserved to be...

  • The gender roles of walking

    One day this winter, concerned women taped fluorescent orange flyers to lampposts on my street. The flyers warned of a rapist lurking in the area. They...

  • The invisible touch

    When most of us go for a walk, we walk with the privilege of sight. It is a privilege that not everyone walks with. For Randy Firth, head of...