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Cambridge, Mass., is changing the way it engages citizens.
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Peter Goffin
A municipal politician in Staten Island has named three streets after the greedy traits showed by real estate developers.
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Peter Goffin
Albany, NY, is one of a growing number of cities burning sewage leftovers for energy. Could Toronto follow suit?
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Peter Goffin
Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world, and considers what Toronto might learn from them.
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Peter Goffin
Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world, and considers what Toronto might learn from them.
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Peter Goffin
When it comes to tourist initiatives, does profit trump preservation?
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Peter Goffin
Copenhagen is redesigning a popular park to be enjoyable even in times of high rain. How Toronto can prepare for the next deluge.
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Peter Goffin
London is home to bars and cafes built into abandoned public toilets. It's an honourable use of abandoned space.
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Peter Goffin
Modeled after shared office spaces, communal living space offers the young professional everything they are too busy to get for themselves.
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Peter Goffin
NYC is building 7,500 internet access points in place of old payphones.
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Peter Goffin
A DIY initiative encouraging people to walk their cities is taking off across the U.S.
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Peter Goffin
California is toying with tiny lights to try to make crosswalks safer. The idea may be better off dropped.
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Peter Goffin
How necessary infrastructure can be more than simply functional
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Peter Goffin
Philanthropists have brought digital education to remote communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Their method could help Toronto too.
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Peter Goffin
Swiss architects rejuvenated a residential block with some structural upgrades—and it's a blueprint for cities everywhere.
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Peter Goffin
The New York City parks department is soliciting suggestions from regular people on how to improve park borders
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Peter Goffin
A former tabloid designer has converted newspaper boxes into mini-composters to remind New Yorkers where to put their organic waste.
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Peter Goffin
A Chicago police station has been reimagined as a sprawling campus to be shared with residents. Will it actually help heal the police-public rift?
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Peter Goffin
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