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Urban Planet: How to Disrupt Public Space
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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STREET SCENE: On King
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Instaflaneur: underpants out front
Ever since Ontario banned bans on clotheslines, walks through the city can be like a walk through Honest Ed’s, like here in the downtown west side.
By Shawn Micallef -
Neither snow, nor ice, nor sleet will keep a kid from walking to school
Do children let bad weather stop them from walking to school? One of the reasons some parents give for driving their kids to school is the climate —...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s headlines
DEVELOPMENT • Historic postal station site may be for sale [Toronto Star] • Mississauga ice rink: IcePark wants to build multi-use winter facility...
By Amber Daugherty -
Urban Planet: Barcelona’s Vegitecture
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 -
Instaflaneur: late evenings on the Toronto Islands municipal pier
A Sunday afternoon spent on the Hanlan’s Point beach ends waiting for the Wards Island ferry back to the mainland. With ferry cutbacks to an already...
By Shawn Micallef -
Monday’s headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Toronto votes: Ranked ballots for 2018? Toronto city council may vote on changing its election system [Toronto Star] • ‘Adam Vaughan’s goal...
By Amber Daugherty -
Toronto’s next generation of architects
There’s a new group of architects looking up at our city with fresh, bright eyes. They’re interested in changing the way people move through the streets...
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Toronto from above — big, green and beautiful — a photo essay from a helicopter by Shawn Micallef
This week in my Toronto Star column I write about a helicopter ride I tagged along on last Friday with photographer Cindy Blazevic as she snapped pics...
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STREET SCENE: University /College
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: Smart Growth in Calgary
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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered