Infrastructure
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Walking Washington’s 14th Street
WASHINGTON, DC — I flew down to the Washington, DC area earlier this week to celebrate Christmas with my Jewish family. Staying in the suburb of...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Summerhill holiday lights and the development iceberg they’re attached to
Last year I wrote about the unique LED holiday lights that run along Yonge Street from Dundas Square up to Alexander Street. They’re back this year...
By Shawn Micallef -
The Agenda: this week at City Hall
Toronto City Council has a heavy agenda [PDF] to get through at its meeting scheduled to run on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here are highlights of some of the...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
More Toronto library branches go wireless
The world’s busiest public library system is (yet again) even better, part of a pattern at the city department it’s most difficult to find...
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Where NYC manhole covers come from
Yesterday’s New York Times had a piece (and a neat audio slide show) on the the origin of that city’s manhole covers. Foreign worker safety is...
By Shawn Micallef -
Ottawa is 1978
I took the train to Ottawa a few weeks ago, a city I’ve only visited on two other occasions (once to write a story about the G20 Summit in November...
By Shawn Micallef -
Amen!
Toronto City Councillor and Budget Chief Shelley Carroll released a statement this afternoon in response to federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty telling...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Move over taxis, New York City cyclists gain a lane
NEW YORK — It definitely takes a person of great fortitude to become a New York City cyclist. A daily trip may involve encounters with wayward...
By Joseph Clement -
A public-private re-Union
Calling Union Station a gateway to Toronto, Mayor David Miller unveiled the revitalization plan for Union Station in the heritage building’s Great...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
The invisible presence of parking
Three of us working on The Impervious P-lot congregated in Montreal to interview Gina Laurel, an architect working on a Communications PhD about water...
By Amber Yared -
Cherry Street Bridge
Last night we did some midnight exploring of the Portlands and Cherry Beach area. Saw some folks parked in cars with steamy windows as per usual, but also...
By Shawn Micallef -
FairDevelopmentCharges.to
For those of us who find fault with the real estate and development industries for being more concerned with building profits than cities, October was our...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler