Urban Design
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Cyclist Profile – Ken the urban designer
Cyclist profiles are a regular feature on I Bike TO. Name / Occupation / Age Ken Greenberg / Architect/Urban Designer / 62 What do you use your bike for...
By Tammy Thorne -
Cycling round up
Photo courtesy of bikelanediary A lot has been happening this summer in cycling news. Here are just a few recent items from our city and beyond. Cycling...
By Tammy Thorne -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: June 29, 2007
Don’t trash the new waste plan For those of you disappointed with the new garbage collection system city council approved by a vote of 26-18 on June...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• More dog runs proposed [ Toronto Star ] • Be prepared to pay for new trees [ Toronto Star ] • Sam the Record Man to auction off a piece...
By Julie Yamin -
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...
By Robin Chubb -
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