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Walk21: Wayfinding
I have a particular interest in the idea of pedestrian maps, and co-created one for the now-finished Walking Life exhibition (I hope to post an electronic...
By Dylan Reid -
Giambrone change of heart
The outcry over the City Council’s approval to allow the Toronto Parking Authority to expropriate the Matador so that they can turn it into a...
By Dale Duncan -
To expand or not to expand
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Yesterday, before the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee discussed a report (PDF) detailing many small...
By Dale Duncan -
Less than a week until provincial election
There is less than a week before we go to the polls and elect our next provincial government and decide the future of how we elect a government. Spacing...
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Walk21: Public health and urban design
Today’s Walk21 post brings you some findings from a fascinating session on the relationship between public health and urban design as they affect...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto sets up camp in New York
Last year at the first Nuit Blanche — the one where people only complained about the rain — you may remember seeing Thom Sokoloski’s The...
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Nuit Blanche in three minutes and twenty-six seconds
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AeEvBJIffs[/youtube] Spacing contributor Jessica Wolfe made a “short and rough” composition of her...
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Walk21 reports: the business case for walking
There’s already been far more interesting stuff at the Walk21 conference than I can easily report, so I will just give a quick taste of some of the...
By Dylan Reid -
The high cost of building parking lots
There is a great article published yesterday on Salon.com about the North American compulsion to build parking lots. It includes a look at “minimum...
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October is Walking Month in Toronto. Really.
At a ceremony to open the Walk21 conference in Toronto on Monday night (Oct. 1), Mayor David Miller proclaimed October to be Walking Month under the...
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Tide turning on taxes
The tide is finally turning in favour of increased municipal taxes. The litmus test came last night at a community meeting in the heart of Etobicoke...
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Tree Tuesday: Big old bitternut
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...
By Todd Irvine
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered