Walking
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New garbage bins and newspaper boxes on T.O.’s streets
It must be summer vacation at One Yonge Street because the Star is reporting today on the death of the MegaBins (Spacing reported this development back on...
By Matthew Blackett -
A glimpse of the future?
There was an article in the Star a few days ago about how the city will be temporarily closing down Queen’s Quay improve pedestrian access to the...
By Ian Malczewski -
Cross Where You Want
Pedestrians in Toronto have the right to cross the street wherever they want (with a few restrictions). We tend to think of crossing the street mid-block...
By Dylan Reid -
Street Furniture Placement Open House
The City of Toronto is hosting an open house to provide the public with an opportunity to learn about the Street Furniture draft Placement Guidelines and...
By Dylan Reid -
Mis-Guided
Mis-Guide is a book and website created by Wrights & Sites, a group of four UK based artists. Mis-Guide is a guide book that can be used in any city...
By Chris Hardwicke -
A Walk in the Park
David Gallaugher, a student at the Dalhousie School of Architecture in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has created a grass-lined wheel to simulate an eternal lawn...
By Chris Hardwicke -
New article by Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit, whose wonderful book Wanderlust I would recommend to any psychogeographer or public space enthusiast, has just posted a great article on...
By Michelle Kasprzak -
CP24 — Everywhere, even the sidewalk
I like CP24. It’s a useful channel, and does some good local features. I can even imagine that in rare instances, for a breaking news story on a...
By Dylan Reid -
Oh Canada
Dominion Day Weekend was spent in dear Windsor, a most American of a hometown that tends to hide in cars and behind air-conditioned walls to escape the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Walking Philosophy
Pedestrians will take the shortest available route where they need to go. And there’s really no reason why they shouldn’t be able...
By Dylan Reid -
Billboards in the city
Today’s Globe and Mail has an article about video billboards and the effect they have on drivers. From Dr. Gridlock’s column today...
By Matthew Blackett -
EUCAN’T! Megabins are dead!
Yesterday, it became official: the mega-bins are dead. The city planned to leave the existing bins and allow advertising for the next few years until the...
By Matthew Blackett