Urban Design
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Sexual Innuendo + Anti-Speed Racing Ads = Safer Pedestrians?
Just came across an interesting approach to reducing speed racing — and making streets safer for pedestrians — from the land downunda. It...
By Leah Sandals -
A sense of scale, a sense of space, a sense of place?
Photo: St. Thomas St, Yorkville A second construction hoarding was erected on St. Thomas St south of Bloor recently, across the street from an existing...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Shoreline eyesore a potential danger [ Toronto Star ] • Streets closed for Pride events, Kensington Market [ Toronto Star ] • West-end...
By Julie Yamin -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Will peace garden fade from view? [ Toronto Star ] • City to reap $300M from land transfer tax [ Toronto Star ] • Ontario unveils...
By Julie Yamin -
OURTOPIAS: Kuwabara says urban design challenges never been greater
Jessica Hume will be covering the Ourtopias at the Design Exchange June 15 to 16 for the Spacing Wire. “Ourtopias: Ideal cities and the roles of...
By Jessica Hume -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Developer ordered to clean up site used to dump trash, sewage [ Toronto Star ] • Where our garbage will go [ Toronto Star ] • Residents...
By Julie Yamin -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Park’s washrooms ‘closed for season’ for 2 years [ Toronto Star ] • York cuts back on Durham incinerator commitments ...
By Julie Yamin -
Planning ahead
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. This week I wrote about a group called People Planning Toronto (PPT for short), who held a neighbourhood summit May 26 to...
By Dale Duncan -
Should museums be public spaces?
This Sunday marks the last day for Torontonians to preview empty galleries at the ROM Crystal. And today (Friday) is the only day of the preview (which...
By Leah Sandals -
Friday’s Headlines
• Gardiner is belle of the ball [ Toronto Star ] • Radical new steps in trash [ Toronto Star ] • Hello, I’m your T.O Greeter ...
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Saturday’s headlines
Pulse Front at Harbourfront, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer • Has the cultural renaissance begun? [ Toronto Star ] • Renaissance ROM, finally realized...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s Headlines
• 12,000 pinpricks of light online to rescue Sam’s classic neon sign [ Toronto Star ] • Luminato sheds light on city life [ Globe and Mail...
By Julie Yamin