By Dylan Reid
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Informal infrastructure and haunted house in Scarborough
In late September, I had the privilege of sitting in on one of the walkability studies that are taking place in conjunction with the City’s Tower...
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The new zoning bylaw: a confusion of bases
1545 Eglinton Ave West by Kevin Steele A few weeks ago I wrote about the project to create a new comprehensive zoning bylaw for Toronto. In an effort to...
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Don’t park that scooter on the sidewalk
With the expansion of the use of scooters in the city (Vespa is the most famous brand), I noticed a lot more of these scooters parked on sidewalks this...
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Toronto’s new unified zoning bylaw project
I went to an open house at City Hall last night about Toronto’s new zoning bylaw project. It doesn’t sound all that exciting, and the event...
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Dept. of Funny Signs (and cool infrastructure): automated bollard in Delft
When I was travelling around the Netherlands this summer, I saw this nice example of a retractable traffic bollard in Delft that controls which motor...
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Copenhagen: N-55 “Spaceframe”
The Danes are famed for their design, and here’s an interesting example. It’s a floating living space in Copenhagen created by an art/design...
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Reading List: City Comforts, by David Sucher
David Sucher’s City Comforts is a little gem of a book. First published in 1995, it’s a collection of the small details that make urban spaces...
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Copenhagen: Quickie street transformation
While I was in Copenhagen earlier this summer, I observed an interesting recent street transformation on Norrebrogade, one of the main roads leading out...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Signspotting exhibition, Copenhagen
Imagine my delight when, wandering around Copenhagen on vacation, I came across an entire exhibit of funny signs in one of the main squares. The...
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Copenhagen: transit platform and bike lane
One of the tricky aspects of the planned pedestrian and transit improvements to Roncesvalles is the TTC’s desire to put transit-boarding platforms...
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Walking Woman
I just got back from a trip to Europe, where I saw the first example I’ve seen of a walking-woman signal, in the Dutch town of Haarlem (I’ve...
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Watch the Fourth Plinth
A couple of months ago I wrote about the upcoming “One and Other” project for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, England. The...