Urban Design
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World Wide Wednesday: Radical Urban Theory and California Dreaming
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites...
By Jake Schabas -
Council approves Jarvis bike lane 28-16
Emotions were high as Bike Month kicked off yesterday. Thousands of cyclists joined mayor David Miller in commuting to an early morning pancake breakfast...
By Jake Schabas -
Mathematical Cities
An interesting article on math and the city was just posted on the New York Times website. Written by Steven Strogatz, a professor of applied Mathematics...
By Jake Schabas -
Congress for the New Urbanism Video Winner
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJt_YXIoJI[/youtube] The Congress for the New Urbanism has announced the winner of its 2009 video contest. This...
By Jake Schabas -
Shops at Don Mills: The Newest Grey Space
Last week, the new Shops at Don Mills opened at Lawrence Avenue and Don Mills Road, in the heart of the pioneering 1950s suburb developed by EP Taylor.The...
By Sean Marshall -
Jane’s Walk – Towers on the Ravine
Cross-posted from ERA Architects‘ Tower Renewal Blog. Day: May 3rd Time: 11 am Start Location: North Kipling Community Centre, at 2 Rowntree Rd...
By Ian Malczewski -
Reading List: “True Urbanism” by Mark Hinshaw
It’s a curious experience to read a book where you agree with most of the ideas, but cringe at the way they are expressed. American urban planner...
By Dylan Reid -
Save Our (Heritage) Schools: The adaptive re-use of our dying institutional buildings
Across Ontario many communities are struggling with the loss of their small schools. Heritage schools are especially in danger; they have been for a long...
By Lauren Archer -
Jarvis Street — overdue justice for planning crimes
Top photo by Bitpicture. My recent Psychogeography column in Eye Weekly had me walking down Jarvis Street from Bloor to the St. Lawrence Market. I cross...
By Shawn Micallef -
ASK A PLANNER: Big Box and Leslieville
Spacing introduces a new and sporadic column called Ask A Planner. We’ll ask some of our sources to translate policy and bureaucrat-speak and give...
By Spacing -
The life of death in great Canadian cities
My psychogeography column in the Eye Weekly this week examines how death and location collide and overlap in the city. For a number of reasons notable...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto’s new-old is the new beautiful
My psychogeography column in the current edition of Eye Weekly looks at how Toronto’s combination of new and old buildings in close proximity to...
By Shawn Micallef