Urban Design
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The Metropolis monstrosity
I was forwarded this image of Metropolis posted on the Urban Toronto Forum. The complex will occupy the northeast corner of Yonge and Dundas, completing...
By Matthew Blackett -
Have your say — Budget 2006
Yesterday marked the beginning of community meetings to receive public input on the City’s 2006 operating budget. For those who didn’t get the...
By Dale Duncan -
John Sewell on the Real Story Behind the Superhighways
John Sewell: The Real Story Behind the Superhighways, 1930 to Now Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. Reception at 6pm, lecture at 7pm. Starting Monday night at the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Follow-up: French riots and public space
The BBC did a radio program this week following up on the riots in the suburbs of Paris three months ago. At the time, there was some commentary that part...
By Dylan Reid -
Pedestrian concerns all but ignored
Spacing‘s Associate Editor Dyland Reid wrote in NOW this week about the City’s new street standards, and he was quite critical — the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Mississauga, Riverdale hospital, delivery trucks downtown, & waterfront money questions
Yesterday, Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star wrote about the international competition for a 52-storey condo tower that will be built on the northeast...
By Matthew Blackett -
John Sewell on the challenges facing young planners
“Planning, not development approval — the challenge for young planners†WHEN: Tuesday, January 31, 7:00pm $5.00/free with student ID WHERE: U of...
By Matthew Blackett -
The urban environment can make you skinny — or fat
A new research project is being developed in the United States to quantify the degree to which the urban environment — mixed use, density, public...
By Dylan Reid -
A TTC crush? And public meeting at Wychwood Barns
There have been two stories in the last two days on the TTC that have focused on the need for more funding as ridership continues to grow. Is the solution...
By Matthew Blackett -
Tall buildings forum tonight
TALL BUILDINGS ~ Who is Planning Our City? TONIGHT! 7:30-9:30pm, free St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East (2 blocks east of Union...
By Spacing -
Toronto and tall buildings
TALL BUILDINGS ~ Who is Planning Our City? Wednesday January 25, 7:30-9:30pm, free St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts 27 Front Street East (2 blocks east of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Birmingham pedestrians and Public Space
The city of Birmingham, formerly a car-centric industrial city, has tranformed its central core into a pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood of pleasing...
By Dylan Reid