Urban Design
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Signal priority: Who gets to go first
Intersections are inherently a competition for space and time. In many places in the world, intersections are still governed largely by the assertiveness...
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GTA’s lost villages: Churchville
Only a mere two kilometres north of Meadowvale, in Brampton, is another “lost” village, Churchville. Both communities share a lot in common...
By Sean Marshall -
GTA’s Lost Villages: Meadowvale
The latest installment in this series brings us to Meadowvale Village, a well-preserved rural settlement that is now all but lost in Mississauga’s...
By Sean Marshall -
Residents propose a fix to Queen streetcar route
As Transit City pushes forward — the Finch LRT was approved yesterday at city council — with the goal of providing reliable public transport to the...
By Marcus Bowman -
The Chinese pedestrian environment: Beijing and Shanghai
The famous shopping street Nanjing Road in Shanghai, China On a recent trip to China I discovered that one of the most striking features of Chinese...
By Marcus Bowman -
Fixing the Suburbs: GO Transit Hubs and Oakville Midtown
GO Transit is in the throes of major expansion. Examining how the system’s stations influence their surroundings, and how this, in turn, affects the...
By Marcus Bowman -
GTA’s lost villages: Thistletown
23 Jason Road, Thistletown’s first house, built around 1802 Thistletown, perhaps Toronto’s best-hidden historic neighbourhood, is located at...
By Sean Marshall -
GTA’s lost villages: Agincourt
The brutalist Chelmsford Apartment towers loom over an old village house. This is the first in a series I plan to do over the next little while on the...
By Sean Marshall -
Richard Serra’s King City Shift
High on my long list of Spacing posts I’ve not yet had time to make is one on Richard Serra’s “Shift” sculpture. It sits in a...
By Shawn Micallef -
WATERFRONToronto unveils design for East Bayfront development
A “milestone day in the effort to revitalise Toronto’s waterfront”, according to John Campbell, President and CEO of Waterfront Toronto...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
Empty Danforth plot undergoes redevelopment plans
I recently attended a community meeting regarding the redevelopment proposal for 2055-2057 Danforth Avenue, at the intersection of Danforth and Woodbine...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
CIP / OPPI Conference: New Strategies for Consultation
Spacing contributor Ian Malczewski spent September 30-October 3 in Niagara Falls at a joint conference held by the Ontario Professional Planners Institute...
By Ian Malczewski