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Turn TTC over to Metrolinx? Careful what you wish for. 6 Mar 2012 | 03:50 pm
In the noise and excitement around the reconfiguration of the TTC board today at City Council, one lesser reported item was Councillor Nunziata’s motion that sparked, what she called, “the comedy hour...
China's Desert Mystery 19 Nov 2011 | 03:54 am
Ever since @habitualpixel posted this article from Gizmodo on these gigantic structures being built in the deserts of China, I’ve been intrigued on what the heck they could be. I did a bit more diggin...
Photo 17 Sep 2011 | 03:59 am
Someone made a good point: Waterfront Toronto does shiny... 7 Sep 2011 | 05:25 am
Someone made a good point: Waterfront Toronto does shiny renderings too! Well. There’s a difference - you can see the progression from concept to reality. It doesn’t fall apart because there’s profit ...
Today we saw a rendering of the Ford’s vision of the Port... 7 Sep 2011 | 04:23 am
Today we saw a rendering of the Ford’s vision of the Port Lands. Allow this to serve as a caution against focusing on bright shiny objects.
If former Metro Toronto Roads and Traffic Commissioner Sam Cass... 27 Aug 2011 | 02:57 am
If former Metro Toronto Roads and Traffic Commissioner Sam Cass had his way, downtown Toronto may have looked like this. Damn you, Jane Jacobs, why didn’t you give it a chance? It would have contained...
Union-Pearson Air Rail Link Station Renderings 24 Aug 2011 | 08:34 am
Metrolinx tweeted this afternoon to invite the public to participate in a survey on the Union-Pearson Air Rail Link, which is due for completion in time for the 2015 Pan Am Games. Few details have bee...
Why Toronto should bid for 2020 Olympics 12 Aug 2011 | 01:37 pm
Today, reports came out quoting Doug Ford, speaking on behalf of the Mayor’s Office, saying that they received a proposal from a group to initiate a bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, which was “q...
she was disarming: An open letter to my fellow cyclists 4 Jun 2011 | 03:06 am
she was disarming: An open letter to my fellow cyclists: sodisarmingdarling: [Note: Most people who read this will already be aware of these things. I’ll probably be preaching to the choir. But I ha...
Toronto skyline at dusk with the near completed Don River Park... 31 May 2011 | 01:41 pm
Toronto skyline at dusk with the near completed Don River Park Pavilion. Taken from the Lower Don Trail.