Kunstler Comes to TownIt’s always good to start the week off with a good rant. So I go to James Kunstler’s blog here. …
PioneerInterior designer Mitchell Freedland has an interesting observation in this Globe article when he was asked why Vancouver is at the…
Price Tags 99PRICE TAGS 99 can now be downloaded here. Loek Hesemans, a social policy officer with the Ministry of Health in…
Think PieceOccasionally I come across a piece of writing that’s really memorable. (At least it sticks in my mind until the…
"Urban Melt Down"You have to be impressed with a city councillor who can actually write a book: in this case, Clive Doucet,…
RevivalCharles Barber in front of the Pantages Theatre in the Downtown East Side: Find out who he is and why…
Best of "The Best" – 3“Where” blog – all about placemaking – went through their weekend reading and came up with best articles of the urban blogosphere…
An Edible BlogI was researching “Paris height limits” the other day. (I’m heading for the City of Light in February – actually,…
Milestone to tombstoneLevitt & Sons declares bankruptcy. From suburban dream to subprime nightmare in half a century.…
Best of "The Best" – 2Planetizen weighs in on the “Top Planning Issues of 2007” Podcast Congestion Pricing and Road Tolling Light Rail/Streetcar Surge Drought…
King Edward's DilemmaOccasionally someone, after coming across Price Tags, sends me an inquiry, like this one from Marc Aubin in Lowertown Ottawa, a…
Big BoxLast year, Sun columnist Miro Cernetig did a piece on the new convention centre expansion. From a design perspective, the…
Alien-nationCameron, a PT reader, sends in an article from the New York Times: A Place Just Like Every Other Place.…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner