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Image of pilot redevelopments in New York City courtesy of the New York City Department of Transportation and supplied by Gehl Architects. The next time somebody tells us that Toronto is in the midst of a war on cars we are going to buy them a plane ticket to Copenhagen. Or possibly Bogotá. New York [...]

The Gooderham (aka Flatiron) Building, decoded. Photo by Hamutal Dotan/Torontoist. As we reported on Friday, this weekend was the annual extravaganza of pedestrian urban love known as Jane’s Walk. With dozens of walks exploring every corner of Toronto (and many more in cities across the continent), there was a glorious medley of tours to choose [...]

Photo from one of last year’s Jane’s Walks by parke 神降 from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. “Streets in cities serve many purposes besides carrying vehicles, and city sidewalks—the pedestrian parts of the streets—serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians… Streets and their sidewalks, the main public places of a city, are its most vital organs. Think [...]