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Cycling Think & Do Tank: Women and Cycling in Toronto — A Snapshot
This post by Trudy Ledsham is part of Spacing‘s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think and Do Tank at the University of Toronto. Find out more about the think tank, and the series, here. Last month...
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When our cars buy stuff
While I do recognize the important role that a reasonable amount of parking plays in supporting viable retail in our complete streets, the fact remains that people buy stuff. Not cars. And until such...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 30 – July 7
SPACING In case you missed it, here is news coverage of our Zombie Wall edition of the Spacing Edmonton and MADE in Edmonton party at the Common! Congratulations @emmystue @erinbrose @CADevaney @sjchai...
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Book Review: -arium: Weather and Architecture
Edited by Jürgen Mayer-Hermann & Neeraj Bhatia (Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2009) With its the everyday presence and seemingly predictable nature, weather often makes for an underwhelming topic of...
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Exploring evolution of bike infrastructure in Toronto and Montreal
Both Toronto and Montreal have made progress towards creating a connected network of bike lanes, yet each has taken a different approach. In the 1980s, Montreal became one of the earliest cities in...
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PLAN 101: Context
Planning theory has emphasized the importance of studying a site and its surroundings before any plan, public or private, is created to guide future development. This may make sense if one wants to...
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The Urban Observatory: learning by comparison
The Urban Observatory is a city comparison app that enables you to explore the living fabric of global cities by browsing a variety of themes while manipulating variables. It describes itself as a...
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Breather: unlocking private urban spaces
Our cities are enormous labyrinths of private and public spaces. Yet, within that enormity, most of those spaces are inaccessible. However, thanks to a new start-up, Breather, those spaces may soon be...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: July 8 – July 13
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Alberta Aerie: Vivian Manasc’s penthouse profiled [Dwell Magazine] John Day ‘s vision for the Kelly Ramsay block [CBC Edmonton] Project to redesign Edmonton traffic barricades...
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Designing a great building starts at the street level
I took this photograph of 104 ave (above) just a couple days ago. After walking up and down several times, I’ve come to realize that this street is not made for pedestrians. Instead it is a road with...
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Dutch highways will soon glow in the dark
Daan Roosegaarde, from Studio Roosegaarde in the Netherlands, has been busy in the past year unveiling new smart-road infrastructure that, believe it or not, will glow in the dark. Much like the...
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Farewell Balloons
Dismantling of the historic Kelly Ramsey building brick-by-brick started this week. The materials will be later reused and incorporated into a new development to match the original facade. However,...
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Cycling Think & Do Tank: How to Love, Not Fear, Your First Ride — A Lesson...
This post by Benvenuto Triolo is part of Spacing‘s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think and Do Tank at the University of Toronto. Find out more about the think tank, and the series, here. As a...
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Dispatches from the Future of Zoning
Often, zoning does not draw much interest from the urban planning community, but surprisingly, our panel presentation ‘Dispatches From The Future of Zoning’ at the 2013 CIP-PIBC Annual Conference...
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Umbrella-canopy created over a Portugese street
The city of Agueda, Portugal has, for a second time, decorated a handful of popular shopping streets with colorful canopies of umbrellas. The installation was designed by the Portugese firm Studio...
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Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: July 14 – July 21
GETTING AROUND: TRANSPORT Turning Yellowhead Trail into freeway a costly mistake, Edmonton mayor says [Edmonton Journal] Edmonton councillors approve $24M Terwillegar footbridge [Edmonton Journal] My...
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The House That Built a Global Village: Marshall McLuhan House
Over 100 years ago, one of the most important figures in media and communications theory was born in Edmonton. Herbert Marshall McLuhan was a young boy when he and his family packed their bags in 1915...
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Dutch streets that eat urban air pollution
To maintain the theme of appreciating innovative dutch city building after last week’s post, we are continuing with another idea-import from the Netherlands, but this time it’s smog-eating sidewalks…...
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Urban Excursion: Strathcona Science Park
Built in the late 1970’s but closed only a decade later, the interpretive buildings at the Strathcona Science Park now stand as ruins of Edmonton’s recent history. On Wednesday, July 31st, meet up and...
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Visualizing Portland’s age in seductive, coloured maps
A brilliant map created by Portland resident, Justin Palmer, shows the colour-coated ages of 544,033 buildings in the Portland metro area of Oregon. The project, titled “The Age of a City” draws its...
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