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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Dylan Reid

  • Walking Thorncliffe Park

    After my walk around Flemingdon Park (and being questioned by the police for taking photos), which I described in yesterday’s post, I decided to...

  • Walking Flemingdon Park

    This year, Jane’s Walk Toronto introduced a special focus on the “inner suburbs” — the former suburban municipalities that were...

  • Book Review: Urban Nation, by Alan Broadbent

    Alan Broadbent is a businessman and philanthropist who has played an important behind-the-scenes role over the last 15 years in generating a...

  • Benchmarking cycling in Toronto

    The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation has released a brief report benchmarking the City of Toronto’s cycling programs against other cities...

  • Sounds of the TTC

    I’ve gotten into the habit, when I’m taking the subway, of sometimes just closing my eyes and listening to all the sounds around me...

  • Events Guide: TCAT Bike Summit 2008

    The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation has organized a Bike Summit that will bring together local, Canadian and international speakers —...

  • Winter Accessibility Survey for pedestrians

    The research branch of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute is doing some really interesting scientific research on pedestrian behaviour and creating...

  • Weekend diversions

    “Sidewalk Psychiatry” is a public-art sidewalk project that plays with the fact that people often think about personal issues while they walk...

  • Property taxes are weird

    Property taxes are weird. They don’t work like other taxes. I’ve been trying to get my head around them for a few years now. In the run-up to...

  • Report on the Walk 21 Community Conference

    On Saturday March 1, the City of Toronto, with TCAT and Spacing, held the “Walk 21 Community Conference,” where eight local experts who had...

  • Jarvis Street transformation project — consultations

    The City of Toronto is undertaking a major project to improve Jarvis Street — once a beautiful avenue of mansions, but now a rather unappealing...

  • Waiting for 501

    An unauthorized sequel to Waiting for Godot. With apologies to Samuel Beckett. – – – – – – – – –...