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#Cities
⚪The economy of cities
⚪The short block street grid
⚪3mph urban design...

#architecture #urbandesign #books #LFC https://nanaimocommons.blogspot.com/

"Three cheers for the dogged persistence and mysterious vitality of diversity.” #JaneJacobs
Pinned
E&N train station. #ycd #sketchup
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Toronto needs to ban right turns on red. Every city does.

Red must mean stop without exceptions.
"The City’s own data indicate that conflicts involving right-turning vehicles are among the most common types of pedestrian collisions ... If adopted, these changes would mark one of the most significant intersection-safety reforms in Vancouver in years."

dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Ban right turns on red at intersections, proposes Vancouver city councillor | Urbanized
OneCity councillor Lucy Maloney is pushing for a ban on right turns during the red-light traffic signal at intersections across Vancouver.
dailyhive.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Legendary architect Frank Gehry has passed away at the age of 96. In tribute, we revisit a 2003 profile by Adele Freedman.
The Virtuoso: When Gehry Completed the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Legendary architect Frank Gehry has passed away at the age of 96. In tribute, we revisit a 2003 profile by Adele Freedman.
www.azuremagazine.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The development represents one of the most significant one-time municipal land investments in community housing in Canadian history.
GBL opens 337-unit rental and co-op building in Vancouver's River District
The development represents one of the most significant one-time municipal land investments in community housing in Canadian history.
www.canadianarchitect.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Frank Gehry, legendary architect of some of world’s most iconic buildings, dies at 96

- Gift article. @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/30a4f28...
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96.

- Gift article. Nicolai Ouroussoff @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Nanaimo (opened 2020), by Checkwitch Poiron Architects, and Office of McFarlane Biggar. 📷 Andrew Latreille via Checkwitch Poiron Architects. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/CNS3Srfh3MD/
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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We need to change the narrative that’s all-in on homeownership at all costs. https://macleans.ca/society/the-case-for-lifelong-renting/
The Case for Lifelong Renting - Macleans.ca
Canadians are too obsessed with buying houses. There’s an alternative.
macleans.ca
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier. Consumers clearly like them. They're seen as practical, safe and stylish, and sales are growing steadily. So, why are some cities determined to clamp down on them? @theothebald.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Carspreading’ is on the rise - not everyone is happy
In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Seventy years ago today, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and refused to move to the back. Her refusal & arrest ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott. A powerful reminder that we must advocate for dignified, equitable & joyful public transportation for all people.
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“I would argue that three important concepts that are especially poorly captured by standard economic numbers underlie people’s perceptions of affordability: economic inclusion, security, and fairness.”

@pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Affordability, Part I
What it means, and what we can do about it
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Canada’s gridlocked cities are global stragglers at building efficient, effective mass transit. A new Montreal megaproject has the solution we need. https://macleans.ca/society/montreals-new-rail-line-is-the-future/
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Spain has used immigration and public-private investment in capital projects to become the fastest-growing economy in the Western world, with the lowest deficits, all with higher Trump tariffs. We can follow their lead

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Spain has become an economic leader by using Ottawa’s toolkit the right way
The once-flagging Spanish economy has been turbocharged by big infrastructure investments, the green-energy transition and immigration
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Vladimir Nabokov’s Best Books: A Guide.
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The Essential Vladimir Nabokov
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Where to start with Saul Bellow (and why you should) | American Masters | @pbs.org
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Where to start with Saul Bellow (and why you should) | American Masters | PBS
Author Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Pulitzer Prize and three National Book Awards. Here's where to start with his work.
www.pbs.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Spain has become the Western world's economic-growth leader -- with the lowest deficits in Europe to boot -- by using the same toolkit Ottawa has before it (immigration plus investment in big capital projects), but doing it right. We should learn from them

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Spain has become an economic leader by using Ottawa’s toolkit the right way
The once-flagging Spanish economy has been turbocharged by big infrastructure investments, the green-energy transition and immigration
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Au revoir Montreal, one the most beautiful cities I've ever visited. Will definitely have to be back soon!
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The boulevard of broken dreams.
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"I think Canada deserves better of itself - more recognition of its own virtues, more readiness to blow its own trumpet, a little less becoming diffidence, a bit more vulgar swagger."

— Jan Morris
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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HOLODOMOR: Stalin's 1932-3 genocide by starvation of Ukrainians

holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/the-histo...
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM