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Headspace VIDEO: Kristyn Wong-Tam discusses Yonge Street
Kristyn Wong-Tam is city councillor for ward 27 in Toronto. A vocal champion of walking, the public realm and shared streets, Councillor Wong-Tam, in...
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Instaflaneur: the nuclear intravenous lines of Rouge Park
The deep ravine of Rouge Park, soon to be Canada’s first “urban” national park, is crossed by a number of high voltage power lines...
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Wednesday’s headlines
FORD • Nathan Phillips Square reno not worth it: Rob Ford (Toronto Sun) • Rob Ford a fan of GFL garbage pickup (Toronto Sun) • Mayor tries to score...
By Mairin Piccinin -
Urban Planet: 99 Tiny Games
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
STREET SCENE: Path West of CNE
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Those Photoshopped people in architecture images
The image above, from the new plans for the Port Lands, reminded me that Mark Kingwell points out how the random people added into architectural...
By Dylan Reid -
Instaflaneur: Lord Thomson of Church Street
That little plaque on the right hand side of this picture is for 32 Monteith, the birthplace of Lord Thomson of Fleet, founder of a modest media empire of...
By Shawn Micallef -
Tuesday’s headlines
DEVELOPMENT • Queens Quay the ugly could become Queens Quay the grand boulevard [Toronto Star] • Ryerson’s reborn Maple Leaf Gardens rink set for grand...
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Urban Planets: Kids, Cars and Cognitive Mapping
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Monday’s headlines
LAKE ONTARIO CROSSING • Exhausted, but jubilant Annaleise Carr completes Lake Ontario crossing [Toronto Star] • Annaleise Carr, 14, youngest person to...
By Amber Daugherty -
Urban Planet: Rear Window Time Lapse
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
STREET SCENE: Broadview and Queen
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered