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Musings of an Urbanist: Enterprise Zones - how can planning help?
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Musings of an Urbanist. Tuesday, 8 March 2011. Enterprise Zones - how can planning help? Lambert has described a series of vague policy ideas instead of a coherent vision of how the private sector can support Britain's attempts at economic recovery. With a new Budget soon to be announced, the pressure is on the Chancellor to focus on growth and job creation (see here. Think-tank Centre for Cities. Has just published this. So what can planning do? Centre for Cities suggest 'rapid planning zones' to speed-...
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Musings of an Urbanist: December 2011
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Musings of an Urbanist. Saturday, 10 December 2011. The front cover of architectural magazines are often graced by the latest Rogers, Foster or Hadid building. This is no surprise, just as Vanity Fair prefers Lady Gaga to Joe Public. Glamour projects often grab the headlines as they tap into human nature’s interest in the exciting and the daring. This also goes for politicians, as Sir Simon Jenkins has recently shown (see here. 160; Or to borrow a phrase, the homes of the 99%. View my complete profile.
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Productive Committee Meeting! New Motions! | Re:post Toronto
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We are local artists and citizens reclaiming public space. The new Astral Media Toronto ‘info pillars’ on public sidewalks are invasive. They take up too much of our physical space and mind space. They promote corporate agendas at the cost of public needs. We need them REDESIGNED and RELOCATED! The January 4 Toronto Public Works and Infrastructure Committee meeting ended up being surprisingly productive! The proceedings can be found HERE. Josh Fullan, Chair, People Plan Toronto. 8212;——. That the Public ...
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Support Councillor Shiner’s Motion | Re:post Toronto
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We are local artists and citizens reclaiming public space. The new Astral Media Toronto ‘info pillars’ on public sidewalks are invasive. They take up too much of our physical space and mind space. They promote corporate agendas at the cost of public needs. We need them REDESIGNED and RELOCATED! Support Councillor Shiner’s Motion. Councillor Shiner put forth a motion. Please contact your local councillor. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Next post →. Support...
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Musings of an Urbanist: April 2012
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Musings of an Urbanist. Sunday, 29 April 2012. In the continued drive to be more energy efficient and walkable, cities are increasingly adopting the condominium as the preferred choice for city living. So it was with interest that I found reference to a specific 'condominium mentality' in a recent article (see here. The phrase is attributed to the literary critic Northrop Frye. Of a social unit and in fact facilities isolation and loneliness. Describing his condominium near Toronto, Wyatt writes:. Withou...
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Musings of an Urbanist: October 2011
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Musings of an Urbanist. Thursday, 27 October 2011. Viewing Planning as a Public Health Tool. It was therefore refreshing to attend the Walk21. Conference held in Vancouver in early October to reconnect the health and planning professions. . Wednesday, 12 October 2011. Spacing Vancouver' - Book Review of Block by Block. My review of the Jane Jacobs themed book Block by Block. Can be found here. On the 'Spacing Vancouver' blog. Tuesday, 4 October 2011. Guest Article: Reigning in the Chain Stores. In this b...
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Info Pillar or Ad Space?? | Re:post Toronto
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We are local artists and citizens reclaiming public space. The new Astral Media Toronto ‘info pillars’ on public sidewalks are invasive. They take up too much of our physical space and mind space. They promote corporate agendas at the cost of public needs. We need them REDESIGNED and RELOCATED! Info Pillar or Ad Space? Which states (p.40):. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your...
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BIKE POSTS REMOVED TO MAKE SPACE FOR “INFO PILLARS” | Re:post Toronto
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We are local artists and citizens reclaiming public space. The new Astral Media Toronto ‘info pillars’ on public sidewalks are invasive. They take up too much of our physical space and mind space. They promote corporate agendas at the cost of public needs. We need them REDESIGNED and RELOCATED! BIKE POSTS REMOVED TO MAKE SPACE FOR “INFO PILLARS”. There is newly paved sidewalk where the bike posts once were…. There is even a bicycle attached to one of the cut down bike posts…! Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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PILLAR LOCATIONS | Re:post Toronto
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We are local artists and citizens reclaiming public space. The new Astral Media Toronto ‘info pillars’ on public sidewalks are invasive. They take up too much of our physical space and mind space. They promote corporate agendas at the cost of public needs. We need them REDESIGNED and RELOCATED! Red markers represent the existing new pillars. Blue markers represent the old pillars that will be removed. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). A Design for the People.
