16: Winter 2009-2010
-
Garden power in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — At first glance, Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, appears to be a typical Latin American urban landscape. The city sits...
By Matthew Blackett -
Where the wild things are
Like most parents at the Toronto Zoo, Charles tends to relax and let his kids have fun. He occasionally raises his voice if things get out of hand, but...
By Matthew Blackett -
An urban derby
Imagine standing on the corner of busy Queen and Spadina. The traffic is rushing, the people are bustling, the horses are neighing. Wait — the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Pushed to the brink
Our city's ongoing expansion and development has an adverse affect on its non-human population. Toronto's list of endangered and threatened...
By Matthew Blackett -
Who else roamed Toronto over the last 12,000 years?
The Toronto skyline isn't any higher than the tops of the old growth trees, where ravines extended south from the Oak Ridges Moraine all the way to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto’s urban wildlife
How many people live in this city? Oh, millions. You know that; you've been crammed on a streetcar with some of them, you've been stuck behind the...
By Matthew Blackett -
The island of Markland Woods
There are islands in Toronto that aren't surrounded by water. Instead they're communities that are isolated in some way from the rest of the city...
By Matthew Blackett -
Atom Egoyan’s cinematic city
Atom Egoyan‘s new film, Chloe, is a remarkable achievement in Toronto’s sad sack history of being Hollywood North, the place that doubles for...
By Matthew Blackett -
History beneath our seats
As the TTC prepares to embark upon its plans to tunnel below the city late in 2010, building badly-needed new subway lines as part of the Toronto-York...
By Matthew Blackett -
A regal view
Toronto is a flat city. Yes, we have our ravines and valleys, but it's hard to find a good view of the city (other than from a building) that...
By Matthew Blackett