Architecture
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Adaptive reuse — Detroit style
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSV9BPiwzlk[/youtube] Detroit once had nearly a dozen magnificent 1920s theatres in and around Grand Circus Park...
By Shawn Micallef -
The dismantling of Detroit
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6m98ZUcH-A[/youtube] The good people of the dETROITfUNK blog have produced a series of videos of their city that...
By Shawn Micallef -
“Building Sustainability” lecture series
A new free lecture and discussion series on “Building Sustainability” is being inaugurated this month by the organization Architecture for...
By Dylan Reid -
The invisible presence of parking
Three of us working on The Impervious P-lot congregated in Montreal to interview Gina Laurel, an architect working on a Communications PhD about water...
By Amber Yared -
New stadium, new space
The University of Toronto’s new, very simple Varsity Stadium at Bloor W. and Bedford has been criticized for not contributing to this rapidly...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto Reference Library 30th Anniversary
Toronto’s greatest indoor public space is celebrating its 30th Anniversary tomorrow (Friday Nov. 2) with a day long program of events. Two years ago...
By Shawn Micallef -
Concrete Toronto
When I was young the Toronto of my imagination was not Victorian, precious or gingerbread in anyway. It was concrete. Slabs of it. Along the ground, up...
By Shawn Micallef -
Slang of Buildings
Wherever buildings meet there are dialogues—I think this is what Galen shows us in these photographs. The framing of his photos directs us to a...
By Amber Yared -
Heritage Toronto Awards
Last week the Heritage Toronto Awards took place at the Carlu. Though we tend to think (often rightfully so) that Toronto tears down its history without a...
By Shawn Micallef -
Tree Tuesday: London plane tree of Berkeley Castle
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...
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Toronto’s Messy Urbanism from the perspective of an Angeleno
Ed: During the Walk 21 conference a few of us had the all too brief pleasure to meet James Rojas from Los Angeles. After he returned to LA he sent us an...
By Shawn Micallef -
Detroit’s abandoned train station
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbtyUsnrY2I[/youtube] Just discovered this well-done video of abandoned Michigan Central Terminal via Detroit...
By Shawn Micallef