The IJtram opened BEFORE most of the buildings were completed on the island, building in transit ridership from day one. Trams even operated through construction sites! Read more: nicholasphilipson.com/blog/for-tor...

Twenty years ago, Amsterdam constructed IJburg, a land reclamation development built from the ground up centred around a new tram line. Toronto is currently building a similar project, centred around a tram line... except it won't be the same. Read more: nicholasphilipson.com/blog/for-tor...

Learned that as a crown corporation, VIA Rail was granted heraldic arms by the Governor General/The Monarch

Motto: The way across the country

Cool!

From my trip last summer

My favourite residential building in the Plateau is not a beautiful walkup, but this modern building that was extremely controversial when built. Marie-Anne/Coloniale