The coffee robot on Richmond at Spadina. A friend who overlooks it says it's sadly rarely used, but the coffee is quite good.
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The coffee robot on Richmond at Spadina. A friend who overlooks it says it's sadly rarely used, but the coffee is quite good.
Mayor Chow, Councillor Bravo, and Chief Planner Thorne came by to give Finch their business license. Surreal, delightful, lovely.
When Eating Becomes Spatial: 14 Projects Built Around Shared Meals www.archdaily.com/1037478/when...
For more on the problem of "elite projection" -- the tendency of elites to support transit plans that cater to their own tastes -- see here: humantransit.org/2017/07/the-...
Check out this interview podcast about "Messy Cities" with co-editor @zahraeb.bsky.social by Booked on Planning www.bookedonplanning.com/podcast/epis...
This guy in Grand Rapids, Michigan created a community center that's just a hangout zone with gathering spaces and an informal library and crafting tables and a little gym area—a true "third place"
Imagining a world with more of these and I genuinely think it'd have a million downstream benefits
Great conversation about our book "Messy Urbanism" with our co-editor @zahraeb.bsky.social . I love her description of our book as "a tool for noticing". www.bookedonplanning.com/podcast/epis...
Heritage, housing and sustainability! Featuring pre-fab mass timber panel cores and floors, this is WoodGreen Community Services’ 50-unit affordable rental housing redevelopment of the Danforth Baptist Church by Assembly Corp. and architect McCallum Sather in Toronto's North Riverdale neighbourhood.
This is an important point that's often overlooked. Municipal reorganization doesn't need to be "unitary", for lack of a better word, we can shift to a more polycentric model of overlapping governmental bodies with different mandates and jurisdictions
St-Jacques-Le-Majeur-De-Wolfestown
my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels
People say that Toronto isn't a whimsical town, but in actual fact, we just have a very, very subtle sense of playfulness.
Free idea for LA28 — here's a great new study that says we could get rid of nearly half of all the pavement in LA County. Depaving literally checks all the boxes in these focus areas. How about that for a Summer Games legacy?
Street litter bin with large sticker/artwork UNDERRATED LIFE SKILL: DANCING TO HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG
Can Corner Stores Mount A Comeback? Via @bloomberg.com
“Toderian champions a finely grained retail model he calls ‘corner convenience’: a small market, cafe/restaurant or service that ideally would be legal on every street corner across the city and suburbs.” #CornerConvenience
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Photo: French street bursts with energy through hand-painted cobblestones in vivid tones of blue, green, yellow, orange, and pink. Source: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/10/23/beautiful-streets/
🏳️🌈 Rainbow Cobblestones in Le Puy-en-Velay, France.
Source: @streetartutopia.com
Great review of "Messy Cities" on @planetizen.bsky.social , including a pull quote from @shawnmicallef.bsky.social , plus a podcast discussion about the book with co-editor @zahraeb.bsky.social
www.planetizen.com/blogs/136962...
a woman with an umbrella crosses in front of a large snowplow on a colourful corner of the city, Coxwell and Gerrard
Colourful
#snowTO #toronto #x100vi
xli MUTCDC SIGN CODE B.C. SIGN CODE CUSTOM SIGNS DESCRIPTION N/A N/A Shared Street Signage The custom Shared Street signs have been used by municipalities to demarcate the entrance to a shared street where motorists need to travel at the speed of people walking
I am collaborating on Shared Streets with Vancouver colleagues. British Columbia has flexible laws but they haven't done enough to standardize Shared Streets. There is variation in signage and they are still treating each street like a hand-crafted experiment.
Two old sky ride cable gondolas, one light blue and the other red, sit on concrete walk area near a park. Both have original benches inside to provide unique seating for the park.
Grounded gondolas...
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Old sky ride gondolas now public seating.
How snow reveals desire lines (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
Lovely description of desire lines: "it’s not just that I’d prefer to walk some other way, but I have a deep longing for another way."
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Stop Rob Ford sticker.
Ghosts of municipal discontent...
Every so often I still see a Rob Ford sticker... He's a ghost of municipal shame that still haunts the city.
While his brother actively torments the province.
#StopFord #RobFord #ONPoli #TOPoli #Toronto
Pork chop turn lane closed off with quick concrete barriers and painted asphalt (and snow), at Eglinton and Weston Road. Much safer for pedestrians. Presumably will be rebuilt as full public space eventually.
Mural welcoming people to Mount Dennis neighbourhood outside the new Mount Dennis LRT/GO/UP station.
#streetart.
Artiste. Andrew Wallas
Montreal’s downtown pedestrian street on a warm and sunny winter day (-5°C, 23°F)
Taylor Creek emerging from under Victoria Park Ave. On the east side of the tunnel is Dentonia Park Golf Course
Like all underpasses in the city, graffiti is the order of the day.
The weather is heating up & deep snow is very much a limited time offer. So its time for another #RavineRamble Nordic edition, this time following Taylor Creek between Victoria Park Ave & O'Connor Bridge.
Come and join along
#LoveTheRavines #RavineRambler #DonRover #parksTO #EastCoatKin #winterTO
