Urban Design
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Cities for People: Visual Identity of South Alderwood & West Long Branch
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class was...
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Twitter Stalking Shawn through London
I spent five days last week wandering the streets and interiors of London, day and night (never before 11am though). In my essay in the spring/summer...
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The pedestrianization of Times Square
I have to admit that the first time I visited New York, I hit a lot of the tourist must-sees; the Empire State Building observation deck, walking across...
By Sean Marshall -
Sunnyside — our isolated Riviera
In Today’s Toronto Star Insight section I have an essay on Sunnyside. It’s accompanied by some nice photos by the Star’s Keith Beaty...
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STREET SCENE: Spadina Crossing
At Richmond when the lights change. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Re-Burbia: Re-designing the suburbs contest
Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com are hosting a design competition around re-visioning the suburbs. With the goal to re-use the built environment of...
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One way to GO: Visiting Milton
Yesterday, I wrote about a poorly designed pedestrian connection between the YRT/Viva bus terminal and the Langstaff GO Station. But there are examples of...
By Sean Marshall -
Cities for People — Main Square
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class was...
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Cities for People – Crescent Town
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLV0FIxCRps[/youtube] This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer...
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Cities for People: The Melancholy of East Chinatown
This is the first in a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class...
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Help Spacing locate new suburban developments
Spacing is working hard on the summer-fall 2009 issue but we need a little help from our readers (again). Our editors are trying to locate semi-finished...
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The rise and fall of Ontario’s first regional mall
In November, 1954, Ontario’s first regional shopping centre opened in East Hamilton – the Greater Hamilton Shopping Centre, or better known as...
By Sean Marshall