Walking
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More than a bridge: Reflections on Bridging the Design Gap
Several weeks ago, the members of Bridging the Design Gap, an informal design charette, posed the question: ‘when is a bridge more than just a...
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Bike- and ped-friendly construction
AMSTERDAM – If you regularly walk or bike around Toronto the scene in the photo above is probably familiar to you. Construction work forces you to...
By Fred Sztabinski -
World Wide Wednesday: Lessons from Seoul’s river expressway
Last week, with the Jarvis Street lane reduction still front and centre, we looked at the big strides New York is taking in increasing its bicycling...
By Jake Schabas -
John Lorinc examines Jan Gehl’s one stone-five birds strategy
With a winking apology to the ornithology set, the renowned Danish architect Jan Gehl last week laid out his “one stone-five birds†strategy for a...
By John Lorinc -
A day at Works Committee
It’s been a while since I sat in on the City of Toronto Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, but I went there last Tuesday to depute in favour...
By Dylan Reid -
Spacing on TV: Copenhagen and sharing the road
Spacing publisher Matt Blackett talked to copenhagenize.com‘s Colville Andersen while visiting Copenhagen last week. Matt talks about the Danish...
By Dylan Reid -
Event Guide: Danish urbanist Jan Gehl coming to Toronto
Danish architect Jan Gehl is one of the world’s foremost experts on transforming public spaces and creating walking-friendly environments. He led...
By Dylan Reid -
Event Guide: Jane’s Walk – “You’ve got to get out and walk”
This weekend, everyone should be out walking. The annual Jane’s Walk takes place this Saturday and Sunday (May 2 and 3), and there are over 100...
By Dylan Reid -
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 -
The curious case of Jarvis Street
As Shawn Micallef wrote earlier this month, Jarvis Street has been much abused over the years. It was once one of Toronto’s most elegant streets...
By Dylan Reid -
Why is it so hard to find a good bridge?
EDITORS NOTE: Nigel Terpstra, a moderator at Urban Toronto, has contributed this brief article about the need to get a high-quality pedestrian bridge for...
By Spacing -
How not to place a garbage can
This is getting ridiculous. I walked down Queen Street West last week with a couple of colleagues from the Toronto Pedestrian Committee, to find that the...
By Dylan Reid