Urban Design
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Malta observed: Danger everywhere
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef is in his ancestral homeland of Malta and guest blogging on the Wired Malta blog this weekend and will be...
By Shawn Micallef -
Malta observed: Valletta’s very urban streets
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef is in his ancestral homeland of Malta and guest blogging on the Wired Malta blog this weekend and will be...
By Shawn Micallef -
Shoo, Blue 22
Long dormant after a turbulent initial Environmental Assessment phase, it appears that Blue 22, the proposed plan for an airport rail link, has awoken and...
By Sean Marshall -
Old Markham and Heritage Estates
After visiting the “Downtown Markham” site last Saturday, I went on to the old village of Markham. What’s interesting is the lack of...
By Sean Marshall -
“Downtown” Markham
Last Saturday, I explored the latest in the “instant downtowns” that now encircle Toronto, wedged in between Highways 7 and 407, Warden and...
By Sean Marshall -
ROM quietly raises admission prices… again
I was at the Royal Ontario Museum earlier today for a media view and was shocked to see that the admission price has quietly risen 10% or more across the...
By Leah Sandals -
Yonge and Dundas ready to scramble
click on photo for larger version * photo by Sam Javanrouh If you’ve been to Yonge and Dundas in the last few days you may have noticed that a new...
By Matthew Blackett -
[murmur] Junction & volunteer call
[murmur] Conjunction Junction After recently celebrating our 5th anniversary, [murmur] is pleased to announce we are busy recording stories, memories and...
By Shawn Micallef -
A tale of two cities development signage
Toronto development application sign A few months ago I bought myself a decent SLR camera, so I’ve been carrying it around. I often use it as a way...
By Matthew Blackett -
Fringe Benefits continued: How should “Avenues” develop?
The way the new exhibition Fringe Benefits (reviewed earlier) presented the dynamics of ethnic communities in the suburbs helped to crystallize some...
By Dylan Reid -
Ourtopias: Cities and the Role of Design
I just finished reading Ourtopias: Cities and the Role of Design, a collection of essays that were developed out of the Ourtopias conference hosted by the...
By Matthew Hague -
Road Trip: Saint John, New Brunswick — solid urbanism
We spent a quick night in Saint John, New Brunswick last Friday en route to Nova Scotia. Though Saint John’s glory days, when it was a busy port on...
By Shawn Micallef