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OP-ED: The value of street furniture in Toronto
Jessie Ye and the Toronto Public Space Committee argue for better street furniture as the current contract expires
By Jessie Ye -
Brad Bradford’s name blame game
The mayoral candidate's troubling wedge issue connects race, open drug use, and urban neglect
By John Lorinc -
UCS #105: Timing is Everything!
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Critics...
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Book Review: Louis Kahn – The Importance of a Drawing
“Although this book includes works from all phases of Kahn’s career, it is neither a “complete works” nor a monographic survey. To...
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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.
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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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered