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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...
By Shawn Micallef -
Thursday’s headlines
FORD • Ford still in hospital but ‘feeling better’ [Toronto Sun] • Rob Ford in hospital after complications from asthma, mayor’s office...
By Mairin Piccinin -
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...
By Mike Bulko -
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...
By Jake Schabas -
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...
By Shawn Micallef -
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...
By Mairin Piccinin -
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...
By Hilary Best -
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 -
Tuesday’s headlines
DEVELOPMENT • Proposed condo in entertainment district leaves a bad taste on ‘restaurant row’ [Toronto Star] • Toronto Port Lands redevelopment at risk...
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Instaflaneur: LCBO Summerhill lights it up at night
The LCBO / Summerhill train station palace is lit up nicely at night, like so many buildings in Europe and the U.S. I wrote my Star column a few weeks ago...
By Shawn Micallef -
Dusk Dances brings Withrow Park to life
This week, I took part in Dusk Dances at Withrow Park, a Toronto-based outdoor dance festival that presents diverse choreographic works in city parks...
By Claire Nelischer
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered