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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Chris Hardwicke

  • Big Brother is Broke

    The Globe and Mail reports that the Feds would love to put video cameras in all public transit but they don’t have the cash right at the moment...

  • Accidental Cyclists

    A group of concerned cyclists has started a project called Ghostcycle in Seattle. The group gathered data about local bicycle collisions and then chained...

  • A flâneur manifesto

    Shawn Micallef reveals in Eye this week the key to Toronto’s hidden beauty through walking: We’re told, over and over, that Toronto is not...

  • Public Office Space

    The Globe and Mail has a rare article about the increased demand for better office space including bicycle amenities, better food and public-private...

  • Parking Lot of Dreams

    The Toronto Star has a good story today dispelling myths about public space in the burbs. The dance troupe Rated Inc. reclaims a Jane and Finch area...

  • Slow Street Movement

    The Toronto Star has two articles about pedestrians today. Slow streets, safer driving? looks at Eric Dumbaugh’s study: “Safe Streets, Livable...

  • Scared of heights

    Two articles in today’s Globe and Mail have contrasting arguments about tall buildings in Toronto and their relationship to public space. John...

  • Garbage on our streets

    Christopher Hume trashes Eucan’s Monster Garbage cans in today’s Toronto Star: The path to civic greatness is littered with wannabe cities...

  • Get Lost

    The Village Voice reviews A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit. We live in an increasingly standardized environment, bouncing from one branch...

  • Live Action Scotland Yard (L.A.S.Y.)

    Joel Friesen runs a transit tag game on the TTC. Live Action Scotland Yard (L.A.S.Y.) is a giant game of hide and seek. One guy tries to hide by using the...

  • Generating An Alternative Night-Time Mobility

    Saturday, July 16th @ 10:00PM Meeting points @ Mercer Union (37 Lisgar Street) and Front Street, in front of Union Station Explore Toronto’s public...

  • Extreme Subway Makeovers

    Could drab, functional Museum station one day feel like an extension of the Royal Ontario Museum, with Greek columns in the place of its current...