Architecture
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NO MEAN CITY: How to invite people into the development process?
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture The always energetic Dave Meslin has noticed a design problem that needs some...
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Park City: Hidden under a highway
Toronto is often called ‘a city within a park,’ a nickname which not only conjures a pretty picture but is a pretty good goal for any city. In some ways...
By Bronwyn Clement -
NO MEAN CITY: Macy Dubois’s 45 Charles, RIP
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture The modernist architecture of the mid-20th century is now historic. And one...
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What is your favourite bridge in Toronto?
During my coast-to-coast road trip this summer (I’ll have more posts on the trip over the coming weeks) I crossed over a wide variety of bridges...
By Matthew Blackett -
NO MEAN CITY: Architects’ names carved in stone (or concrete..)
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Along with all of the insanity at Toronto City Council’s meetings this...
By Alex Bozikovic -
NO MEAN CITY: The Globe and Mail’s new home
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture. Some development news yesterday – the Globe and Mail officially...
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NO MEAN CITY: Interior Flash at Corus Quay
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture. Here’s a story I wrote for Metropolis Magazine about the interiors at...
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NO MEAN CITY: At U of T, updating Eric Arthur
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture If the name No Mean City sounds vaguely familiar to you, that’s because...
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Calgary’s residential modernist mix
Photo by ecstaticist. Western cities are built in this neat way where the downtown parts, middle parts (say, streetcar suburbs) and farther-out parts...
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NO MEAN CITY: At the AZ Awards
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Last fall, Azure magazine made the brave step of creating a new set of...
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The Fort York Bridge: how I learned to stop worrying and love that Toronto sucks
This is a stupid old story that we’re all bored with, but you know when people mumble “Toronto sucks” or “Toronto isn’t...
By Shawn Micallef -
Street Stories: Bloor Street
Synonymous with both subways and shopping but most recently with streetscaping construction woes, Bloor Street has joined St. Clair as an example of the...
By Eric Mutrie