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Animated flip books bring Toronto’s neighbourhoods to life
Tania Ursomarzo – Chinatown from Circuit Gallery on Vimeo. Sixty images placed back to back and played on repeat can create a story. That’s the...
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Friday’s headlines
GARBAGE • Toronto garbage outsourcing: Friction builds between GFL, Ford administration over delays [Toronto Star] • Garbage pickup delays persist [Globe...
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Urban Planet: Dutch Intersection Design
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...
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Instaflaneur: Markham Heritage Estates and the oldest cul-de-sacs in the GTA
Continuing our weekend tour of the 905 we went to the “Markham Heritage Estates,” a “sanctuary of last resort” for historic homes...
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Thursday’s headlines
FORD • Ford still in hospital but ‘feeling better’ [Toronto Sun] • Rob Ford in hospital after complications from asthma, mayor’s office...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Osaka’s stadium neighbourhood
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. At first glance, Stadiums tend to seem...
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Humanizing traffic counts at Toronto intersections
Humanizing and humanely utilizing the endless stream of data coming out of cities may be a 21st century urban planner’s greatest challenge. Eyes on...
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Instaflaneur: Cornell, the Truman Show movie set village in Markham
Weekend 905 exploration led to Cornell, the New Urbanism development in Markham, planned by Andrés Duany — the man behind Celebration and Seaside Florida...
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Wednesday’s headlines
GARBAGE • Union sets up complaint hotline for privatized garbage collection service [National Post] • Private trash collectors off to a slow start in...
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STREET SCENE: Claremont
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: Pop-Up Shop as Revitalization Strategy
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...
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LORINC: What should be on the new chief planner’s to-do list
Progressive Toronto was feeling pretty darn good about its collective self last week when the City revealed it would be hiring the poised planning...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered