Urban Design
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Riverside WALKfest this Saturday October 20th — lots of walks, one with Spacing’s Shawn Micallef
It’s a great weekend for walking in Toronto, especially in around Queen Street East and the Riverside neighbourhood. This Saturday is WALKfest (with...
By Spacing -
Now you too can add people randomly to streetscapes!
A couple of months ago, I posted about the habit of architecture firms randomly Photoshopping people into their designs, without necessarily any relation...
By Dylan Reid -
EVENTS: Toronto Talks
With the academic year now well underway, there is an abundance of free lectures taking place in Toronto. Here are a few that are happening this week...
By Dale Duncan -
NO MEAN CITY: Superkul’s Gradient House in Kensington
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture I have a story in The Globe and Mail today about a modest but fascinating...
By Alex Bozikovic -
EVENT: Architect Burton Hamfelt on “the Urbanization of Architecture”
WHAT: bulthaup Lecture at the University of Toronto WHEN: Tuesday, October 9 WHERE: The Daniels Faculty, 230 College Street, Room 103 Next week, architect...
By Dale Duncan -
NO MEAN CITY: Frank Gehry on King West – some first thoughts
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Frank Gehry refers to Toronto as his hometown. Yes, he left here over 60...
By Alex Bozikovic -
NO MEAN CITY Oakville Transit’s sleek Pit Stop
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture A changeroom and lunchroom for bus drivers. That is the very prosaic program of...
By Alex Bozikovic -
NO MEAN CITY: In The Globe and Mail – John Shnier’s unorthodox condo
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture In The Globe recently I had a story on an unusual condo: the home of architect...
By Alex Bozikovic -
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...
By Luca De Franco -
Community activism not enough to deviate Toronto flight paths
Sheryl Herle awakes at 3 a.m. to a loud, drowning sound of something flying overhead her house. Her two children are sleeping, and she has to be up at 6...
By Amber Daugherty -
Instaflaneur: Inflation is garbage in Scarborough
A weekend wander in Scarborough turned up this ancient sign, representing a municipality that no longer exists. It appears that back in the good old...
By Shawn Micallef -
Lost Villages: L’Amoreaux
The farming hamlet of L’Amoreaux, which straddled the border between the newly surveyed York and Scarborough Townships was settled in 1816...
By Sean Marshall