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Sep 10, 20213 min read
Live/Work Space in the Post-Covid Age
Through five thousand years of urban living, people have lived over the shop. Mostly because it was the only possible arrangement.
Aug 18, 20213 min read
Advertising the Automobile
Up until 1997, it was legal in Canada to advertise cigarettes. The ads that I remember from childhood consistently promised the smoker...
Apr 19, 20213 min read
The Useful Walk... To A Neighbourhood Shop
The unrelenting segregation of housing from retail that characterized post WWII planning, left people with no destination for a useful walk.
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Training Wheels for Walkable Neighbourhoods: Why We Need Transitional Parking
"You can't just jump on a bicycle for the first time and go for a ride! It's time for Walkable Neighbourhood Training Wheels."
Mar 26, 20214 min read
Density and Infill: A Solution Hiding in Plain Sight
Are dark looming towers and cold apartment blocks the only way forward? Could it be possible that a simple solution, a win for all, is...
Mar 24, 20213 min read
The Death of Retail has been Greatly Exaggerated
I’m told we’re witnessing the Third Great Extinction of Retail. First, Shopping Malls killed the Main Street stores. Then Big Boxes...
Mar 15, 20213 min read
When You Wish Upon a Driverless Car
The advent of Autonomous Vehicles promises to put us all in a state of perpetual toddlerhood, sitting in the back seat playing Candy Crush..
Sep 22, 20201 min read
Can planting trees make a city more equitable?
Cities across the U.S. are pledging to plant trees and restore urban forests to combat climate change and cool off disadvantaged communities
Jun 8, 20201 min read
Copenhagen's Walkable City Model
Copenhagen is well on the way to becoming the world's first truly walkable city. Read more about how they accomplished this. READ MORE