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The City and its Futures
We have plans for the future, but not always a path to get there. There are quick gains we could do today, but not always a vision to guide them. Somewhere between the long horizon and today's next step, the city gets shaped.
By Yuval Fogelson -
The photographic techniques of Toronto’s City Photographers
Exploring another side of the "roadway" archives of Toronto's official photographers, Arthur Goss and Howard MacDonald
By Peter MacCallum -
UCS #104: The Tourist Experience
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: ‘Utter...
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The City in the Present
One place, one time. A queue curving around the block for a croissant that went viral, a transit card mapping the pulse of a city in motion, a sun cutting a corridor of light down 42nd Street once a year. Physically present in a city.
By Yuval Fogelson -
Howard Moscoe and the limits of municipal power
The legendary councillor, who died last month, will be commemorated by the city and the TTC, but even a fighter like him couldn't win every battle
By John Lorinc -
The Pasts of the City
Understanding the city’s past through the evidence it left behind: what was documented, what was drawn on maps, and what simply survived.
By Yuval Fogelson -
UCS #103: Vancouver Villages Plan
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Villages...
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Bike Lane Closed
Toronto Cyclists Bear the Burden of Construction Impacts
By Jessie Ye -
The City in Tenses
Cities are built toward futures of their time. What we inherit gets adapted, protected, bulldozed, or recovered, as we find ourselves living in yesterday's tomorrow.
By Yuval Fogelson -
Vancouver’s Villages Debate in Plain English
The Villages Plan: What It Is, Why It's Happening, and Why Some People Are Concerned
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UCS #102: The White Elephant
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 – Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi: A Canadian-Emirati Collaboration for Sustainable Urbanism
Edited by Larry Beasley and Michael White (UBC Press/On Point Press, 2026) There is a version of city-building that planners often imagine, if not quietly...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered