By Dylan Reid
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Grow Op: Urbanism, Landscape & Contemporary Art
It’s spring in the city, and what better way to get in the mood for the new season in Toronto than checking out an exhibit that combines cities...
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Do you have to shovel your sidewalk?
In the City of Toronto, the city will clear some local sidewalks when it snows a certain amount, but other people are required to shovel their sidewalk...
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How about food bikes?
This spring, I was fortunate to be able to spend a few days in Paris. The city is in the midst of trying to reclaim the banks of the Seine river as public...
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Getting inspired by public space
It was great to see 200 talented young people in their twenties and thirties gathered together to talk about public space. Earlier this month, I was...
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Balancing vibrancy and accessibility: new rules for sidewalk patios
In the current issue of Spacing, I mention sidewalk patios as an example of the dual role of sidewalks, as both a place and a corridor. Patios can have a...
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Awe in the city
The study of awe — the kind of jaw-dropping experience that makes you recalibrate your understanding of the world — originated with natural phenomena...
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How is your ward feeling today?
Social media and GPS are creating opportunities to map cities in many new ways. They also provide the opportunity to map city data as it flows in real...
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REID: Busting some myths about pedestrian collisions
Toronto Public Health published a report this week analyzing the police statistics for collisions where vehicles hit pedestrians and cyclists, Pedestrian...
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REID: Slowly moving towards speed reductions in Toronto
In the most recent issue of Spacing, I wrote about how the idea of “slow zones” is being overtaken by universal speed reductions in cities in...
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EVENT: A Walk With “Born to Walk” author Dan Rubinstein
Walk Toronto is hosting a walk with journalist and author Dan Rubinstein, who is about to publish his new book Born to Walk: The Transformative Power of a...
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REID: Some thoughts on the 1 Bloor West proposal
Last week, the owner of the land at 1 Bloor West (the former location of Stollery’s, plus some adjacent property) unveiled a proposal for a dramatic...
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REID: That’s a nice laneway, but it’s no woonerf
One of the more intriguing elements of the West Don Lands development was the promise that it would include some “woonerfs“ — a Dutch...