Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, @utoronto.ca Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
BikeShareTO is arguably the single greatest Canadian public services success of the 21st century, and I really can't think of another obvious contender that comes even close.
Matt ArmstrongRecently had to explain to a professional from outside Toronto, that the vast majority of downtown Toronto workers commute by bike, walking, or transit. Some drive, but they are the minority. Perhaps I should show them these bike share stations…
Naked electioneering.
Matt ElliottChernos Lin's motion to refuse a 7-storey building planned for Millwood Road CARRIES 12-11.
In opposing the Villages Plan, Vancouver mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party repeatedly seems to conflate legalizing more apartments with *forcing* people to build apartments on their property or something?
Oh The Urbanity!Credit to @lucymaloney.bsky.social for being the only Vancouver city councillor (!?!?) to vote in favour of the Villages Plan to legalize medium-sized apartments in a large number of neighbourhoods across the city. Otherwise a major disappointment for the city.
The Vancouver Villages plan was defeated. This is a huge blow to housing policy in the city. This was the easiest part of the Vancouver Plan to implement; Ken Sim directed staff to prioritize it. If we can't pass this, what's the point of any of it? All housing policy work here is in limbo.
Peter Waldkirch 華彼德Ok, they severed the SES part, so this is the vote on the main part of it: A-J. And, the Villages Plan is dead. This hurts. ABC, COPE, and the Greens are all unwilling to take even quite modest action on expanding low-rise apartment areas.
“This is another step in the billion-dollar remaking of Toronto’s old port lands. And it is also a lesson in how governments can actually make good places.” My column: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and...
A bigger Biidaasige Park is another waterfront triumph for TorontoThe project, two decades in the making, is a revolutionary use of space. It’s also endangeredwww.theglobeandmail.com
This is just to say I have eaten the sun god's cattle on the island which you were probably saving for Apollo Forgive me they were delicious and so charred and so warm
Noticing that wins land differently. A committee/council vote feels rather anticlimactic. Getting the news about saving Sneaky Dee’s in the establishment with all parties present was euphoric. But this Billy Bishop celebration? Whole other level. Congrats to all who fought and organized.
Are you one of the 69% of Vancouver residents (63% Metro) who wanted Granville Street to STAY a pedestrian zone & people-place after the #WorldCup ends? WEEK ONE of the 7-week extension starts TOMORROW, with emphasis on day-time & families. JUST BEING ON THE STREET SUPPORTS ITS SUCCESS! Come see!
Brent ToderianHow will a pedestrianized Granville Street during the #WorldCup quickly evolve into a successful people-place EVERY day? This week I’ve started advising the very impressive @downtownvan.bsky.social leadership team planning the 7 week extension directed by City Council last Thursday. Challenging!
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
Luke LeBrunThese photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...