Walking
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Heritage Toronto walks Saturday and Sunday
As part of this month’s Festival of Architecture & Design, Heritage Toronto is leading numerous different walks throughout the city. Each walk...
By Matthew Blackett -
Who You Gonna Call? Part 2
The City of Toronto website is full of useful but hard-to-find information. As a follow-up to the sidewalk-obstacle-busting phone numbers I provided in an...
By Dylan Reid -
Cleveland and Whitehorse bike racks
Since Toronto is about to embark on a massive street furniture project, we should to take a look at other cities for inspiration. The top image is a bike...
By Matthew Blackett -
Pedestrian Crossover Review
I told someone recently that I had been at a meeting dealing with a review of pedestrian crossovers, and they got that glazed look in their eyes. But once...
By Dylan Reid -
Bye-bye, Monster Bins
The monster garbage bin project is dead! Well, almost. This week, the City’s Works committee agreed to begin the process for a fat-ass street...
By Matthew Blackett -
Missing rings from post
The blog bricoleurbanism.org is reporting that the metals rings from Toronto bike racks are missing along a stretch of Dundas St. West (just east of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Who You Gonna Call? Obstacle-Busters!
At the Toronto Pedestrian Committee in January, we heard a presentation from city staff about sidewalk obstacles (construction scaffolding, patios...
By Dylan Reid -
New mobility hub launched today!
The New Mobility HUB Launch at Exhibition Place Tuesday, April 25, 8:30 – 10 am From the Bike Toronto website: The City of Toronto will be getting...
By Spacing -
Montreal Street Furniture Project
I’ve been posting my impressions of public space in some cities I’ve visited recently, and the last of the current bunch is Montreal. Montreal...
By Dylan Reid -
How to be a great city; pedestrianizing Toronto; homeless survey
The Star on Sunday has some more good articles on city building. 1. From “How to be a great city”: What are the forces that shape the urban...
By Matthew Blackett -
Vancouver Impressions
Continuing my series of thoughts about public space in other cities, I visited Vancouver for the first time in years earlier this winter. It’s a...
By Dylan Reid -
United We Can
Found this article on CBC’s website about binners and dumpster divers. I like the name of the organization involved in this project: United We Can...
By Matthew Blackett