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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Dylan Reid

  • Getting to Ireland Park

    Ireland Park is a lovely, moving park recently created at the foot of Bathurst Street, at the south base of the Malting Silo buildings near the ferry to...

  • Igor’s bikes petition

    Last week I wrote about a good idea making the rounds: to give the thousands of bikes recovered from Igor Kenk’s storehouses to people in need. But...

  • What should be done with Igor’s bikes?

    A few days ago, someone called Chad Nuttall emailed me with a good idea (I assume he contacted me because of my post about Igor Kenk’s stolen...

  • Public Toilets

    I was very grateful to find this automated toilet when I was wandering around Paris in June. As they say, when you got to go … Public toilets are...

  • Berlin: Ampelmann

    I recently went on a trip to Paris and Berlin, and I’m going to post a few impressions and photos over the coming weeks. One of the first things...

  • The Igor effect

    A couple of summers ago, I did a post about a bike being stolen from in front of the police HQ. I said that the police ought to make more effort about...

  • Event Guide: What’s New in New York?

    WHAT: “What’s New in New York?”: An evening of film and discussion featuring Transportation Alternatives‘ Noah Budnick. Films by...

  • Fringe Benefits continued: How should “Avenues” develop?

    The way the new exhibition Fringe Benefits (reviewed earlier) presented the dynamics of ethnic communities in the suburbs helped to crystallize some...

  • Fringe Benefits continued: “Informal Urbanism”

    A key theme of the new exhibition Fringe Benefits (reviewed yesterday) that I found very interesting was the idea of “informal urbanism”...

  • Exhibition Review: Fringe Benefits

    The attention of Toronto’s “urbanist” community (myself included) tends to focus on the central part of the city, the old City of...

  • Gallery Guide: I_Wanna_See_You

    It’s always interesting to see your city through an outsider’s eyes, and there’s an enjoyable opportunity to do so currently showing at...

  • Events Guide: Parkdale/High Park activism

    There are two events taking place in the Parkdale/High Park area next week about improving walking and cycling access in the west end. Ride the South...