Jane Jacobs, bloggy neighbourhoods and cell phone sidewalks (The Mobile City » Blog Archive » ) – sounds similar to what I’ve said in a few articles (see the FOCUS Magazine article on Centennial Square, published March 2007 (“Private affairs in public spaces”), and on my wiki, too (re. importance of anonymity). I’m intrigued by […]
Slowly but surely, I’m getting there: scanning my FOCUS Magazine articles and converting them into PDFs, which I’m posting to my Articles published in FOCUS Magazine page, link visible at the top of this blog’s header. So far, I have posted November 2006, December 2006, February 2007 through June 2007 (I didn’t have an article […]
The ArchRecord Interview: Sir Peter Cook, Page 1 | Features | Architectural Record Ex-Archigram group member Peter Cook interview.
Government and Globalization: What kind of public service does Canada need… “Government and Globalization: What Kind of Public Service Does Canada Need in Order to Thrive in the Knowledge Economy?” by Michael Lister; 23 page PDF, published by the Public Policy Forum 2007. Urbanisation / Urban Growth interactive map (BBC) Via Regine (we make money […]
High marks for Toronto confirms quality of life amongst best in the world Annotated Via Spacing Wire Toronto, the press release from the City of Toronto, announcing that T.O. was named by Standards & Poor one of the top 10 cities in the world in which to live. What’s of real interest for other Canadian […]
Cool Tool: True Films eBook Interesting idea from Kevin Kelly on extending the “free” with advertising through Adobe. (Via IF!) This Land: Visual Pollution | The New York Times Fascinating slide show narrated by Kevin Fry of Route 1 (which runs 2000 miles from Maine to Florida), and which is in too many places a […]
Amalgamation: 10 years later (Toronto Star) Annotated Report by Royson James on 10th anniversary of Toronto’s amalgation — more negative (generally) than Christopher Hume’s article (also in today’s TorStar), but also full of useful info re. downloading by Province. Megacity politics in shambles 10 years later (Toronto Star) Annotated Commentary (one of several in today’s […]
I just discovered that the developer of Gateway Green, a new Class A office building that’s going up in Victoria this year, put my December FOCUS article online as a PDF (with the publisher’s and my permission). My article discusses Xane St.Phillips’s living wall design for this building. Go read Not just another brick in […]