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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Robin Chubb

  • Goods by Bicycle in China

    SHANGHAI — Despite dramatic decreases in the number of cyclists in Chinese cities over the past 15 to 20 years, transport of goods and products...

  • Past and Future on Shanghai’s Famous Bund

    Source The Bund in the 1930’s SHANGHAI — Shanghai’s waterfront is synonymous with its history. The archetypal image of Old Shanghai is a...

  • Mapping our urbanism part VI – income

    This animated map showcases the datum bookends of the excellent publication The Three Cities within Toronto: Income polarization among Toronto’s...

  • Urban fabric/form comparison

    The Star today published a cover story (Beyond Density) in their Condos section on the efforts in Mississauga to create a more vibrant and...

  • Jarvis slip design submissions released

    Waterfront Toronto has released the 3 competing designs for the public space at Jarvis Slip at the foot of Jarvis Street (Christopher Hume of The Star...

  • Mapping our urbanism – watersheds

    Along with its article today about the TRCA‘s work preserving watersheds in the GTA (Clock is ticking for conservation dream), The Star included a...

  • Mapping our urbanism – language

    The Star included a map of “Greater Toronto’s language quilt” in their Ideas section today compiled based on recently released 2006...

  • A sense of scale, a sense of space, a sense of place?

    Photo: St. Thomas St, Yorkville A second construction hoarding was erected on St. Thomas St south of Bloor recently, across the street from an existing...

  • Lower Don Lands competition winner to be announced tonight

    The TWRC will announce the winner of the Lower Don Lands competition tonight at their event at the Royal Ontario Museum entitled “Leading With...

  • Designs released for Lower Don Lands

    The designs for the Lower Don Lands from the 4 shortlisted teams in the “Innovative Design Competition for the Lower Don Lands” being run by...

  • Favela Japonesa

    A friend’s Portuguese cousin sent these awesome images to him and he duly forwarded them to me. The title really says it all: Favela Japonesa...

  • GTA population grows by 9.2% since 2001

    Statistics Canada has started to release data from the 2006 census at the City level – including population figures for Toronto and the GTA (or at...