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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Dylan Reid

  • 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. – – – – – – – – –...

  • One Book: Campbell House

    He walked west along Queen Street, away from the centre of town. On the northwest corner of University and Queen sat a little building called Campbell...

  • I can feel it coming in the subway tonight …

    [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=AF-KagTq7qY[/youtube] To continue with our theme of public space performances, here for your Sunday afternoon...

  • Sustainable transportation plans galore

    London, England has just unveiled a jaw-dropping new plan to greatly increase the amount of walking and cycling in the city. London plans to spend the...

  • Panel Discussion: Manufacturing Neighbourhoods

    The second event in the Building Sustainability Lecture Series organized by Architecture for Humanity is coming up. The first lecture was completely full...

  • One Book: Natural Light

    They did not have the benefit of Mr. Ennis’s skylight to effect the passage of light into the room, but the front south-facing window was almost as...

  • Snow jobs

    This image, captured by Spacing’s web developer Michael Pereira after one of our recent snowstorms, pretty much says all there is to say about the...

  • Walk21 Toronto Community Conference

    In October last year, Toronto hosted the major international conference about walking, Walk21. Experts from around the world, including Toronto, spoke on...

  • Clearing the snow for pedestrians

    After the December 16 snowstorm, there was a lot of media coverage and comment about how poorly snow was cleared for pedestrians compared to drivers...

  • Art Attack – Operation Snow Fort – tonight

    The Toronto Public Space Committee is taking advantage of today’s storm to invite everyone to build an impromptu snow fort: The Toronto Public Space...