Cycling and Pedestrian Projects is now on Bluesky! Follow us on this account for all the latest news and updates about new bikeways and sidewalks projects in Toronto. #BikeTO #WalkTO

This is a great explainer for why protecting employment areas is so important. youtu.be/lHpifQ-A6HU?...

Canadian Architect’s December 2025 issue featuring the 2025 Awards of Excellence winners of our annual awards for future projects: www.canadianarchitect.com/december-2025/ Congrats to the winners posted here: www.canadianarchitect.com/category/awa... #architecture #architects #architectureawards

This is a great explainer for why protecting employment areas is so important. youtu.be/lHpifQ-A6HU?...

This ambulance *zoomed*, unimpeded, down the “red carpet” on Bathurst today. Good to see. There can be benefits of transit priority that extend beyond transit.

Great to see the Toronto architecture community giving voice to the importance and impact of the Toronto Green Standards and green roof by-law.

Toronto hit a new record high for #jobs in 2025, growing 1.5% to 1,623,710 jobs citywide.

Let’s talk about the size of trucks & SUVs in the city. My column on the virtue & status signalling of vehicle bloat.

One of the three trucks in this picture can Carry full size sheets of plywood.

You might find this interesting, which I put together 10 (!!) years ago as part of the prep work to plan for the LRT. Excited the LRT is about to open! Many land us changes adopted at Council. Your nolli diagrams made me think of it. www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...

Is it too early to think about spring gardening? Not in my opinion. This resource will help those of you in or near Toronto in identifying native plants that suit the conditions you have. Answer a few quick, simple questions, and a list of suitable plants is provided. www.toronto.ca/nativeplants

Seeing smaller “urban sized” garbage trucks in Toronto makes me unreasonably happy.

Just passed thru Exhibition Place & it’s rammed. They’re parking people on the grass (🤦🏽). Royal winter fair. Soccer game at BMO. The notion that the Ex is used two weeks a year is false.

Delicious & cozy weekend morning breakfast sandwich, thanks to some neighbourhood retail. The sandwich was huge! Is it symbolic that I have to loosen my belt…? (Made Rite Coffee)

I’m going to make an end-of-year update to my Canada intercity transportation map by the end of November. Let me know what bus and rail services I’m missing or changes I should be aware of. It’s a big country and I’ll probably miss something. seanmarshall.ca/transport-map/

This is brilliant.

Ever wonder about the architect behind Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto (70s render pictured), Robson Square or Simon Fraser in Vancouver, the Canadian Embassy in Washington…? I have. Really fascinating documentary about Arthur Erickson “Beauty Between the Lines” screened last night at TMU. Recommended.

We remember. Sometimes I make mistakes & find myself in a grocery store at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year. Yet an announcement was made, people stopped moving, & fell silent. Quite moving that it happens everywhere.

My Bluesky feed has become a Bluejays feed…

Walkable city baseball edition: Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.

This is an invitation to join me on my newly opened Bluesky account. I used to share time-lapse sketches & I’m hoping to continue showcasing interesting sites from around the world through Bluesky. For now, I’m using this as a friendly invitation to connect here. #UrbanDesign #architecture #sketch

Confederation Station opened today! For the first time in my life, there is a train station in reasonable distance to where I grew up (Stoney Creek, Ontario). Connecting to Toronto, Niagara Falls, places in between & beyond. Good news!

The City of Toronto is proposing a new Cultural Districts Program to recognize and celebrate unique cultural areas across the city, including Little Jamaica, West Chinatown, and Church-Wellesley. On October 28 at 6pm, join us to learn more! Register here: https://ow.ly/4Zyh50XghO2

Took my #BikeTO colleagues on a walk/roll of the newly & under construction Harbord Bikeway yesterday. Harbord/Hoskin has been a bikeway since 1998, 27 years. Curbs, planters, accessible platforms.. and so much more. Learn More: www.toronto.ca/services-pay...

Holly Whyte’s 1980 film The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces summarizes his seminal street life study of NYC’s plazas & is profoundly influential in the worlds of placemaking and livable cities. Join us on Nov 4 for a screening and panel discussion: https://ow.ly/zhR250XcJCm

AI uses obscene amounts of energy & water. Another reason why I don't use it. Wish people would consider this when they're "playing with" or otherwise using AI. From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...

Good. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The iPhone … YouTube … and bike share! Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI has been named among the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine. cultmtl.com/2025/10/bixi...

I was the Planner for this file, working with a great team. Positive results after only 1 year of occupancy. Particularly pleased to see the reference to the vegetable garden as part of healing. One of the challenges was ensuring reasonable amenity space for residents. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

OF COURSE SPEED CAMERAS WORK! There’s clear evidence of that. They save lives, and removing them will costs lives, including KIDS’ LIVES. The narrative of “cash grab” is a political tactic. Every dollar raised by such cameras is evidence of too much deadly speeding and the need for such cameras.

Ugh I ❤️ Bike Share Toronto it’s come so far since I lived here (back when it was Bixi and there were like 20 stations 😂). And the protected bike lanes along Adelaide/Richmond are awesome. #biketo #bikingisbest

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups. Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat. www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

Good News! The long awaited Confederation GO station is now complete, and service will start on October 27th. There will be 13 weekday trips and 15 weekend trips serving the station once open. All existing Niagara trains will stop at the station, and some trips will be extended from West Harbour

Fringe? On a building?! Yes! And it sways calmingly in the wind. . Designed to evoke a dancer’s shawl, in part by Indigenous Architecture firm Two Row, this is the new Indigenous Health Centre operated by Anishnawbe Health Toronto.

A former expressway. Now a place for an evening stroll. Nighttime on the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul.

To recap: - community action; - a plan made; - industrial lands remediated; - a river moved; - an island made; - lands made green & nature returns; - Indigenous people named the island; - a bridge built & floated into place; - art & culture floats down the river. . ✨Some dream level stuff! ✨

I was there yesterday. There is also a'clicking noise component to it also, when there is a gentle breeze blowing as there was then. A building with a fringe on it! How wonderful!

Felt moved, joy & pride. All at the same time. The beautiful.. flotilla(?) of canoes travels along newly moved Don River. Part of A Lake Story by Melissa McGill put on by @thebentway.bsky.social. In the background is Ookwemin Minising, & the (morning misty) Toronto skyline behind it.

Fringe? On a building?! Yes! And it sways calmingly in the wind. . Designed to evoke a dancer’s shawl, in part by Indigenous Architecture firm Two Row, this is the new Indigenous Health Centre operated by Anishnawbe Health Toronto.

Genuine question: if the issue with speed cameras is a perception that they are (an easy to avoid) tax grab, then perhaps the solution is license suspensions instead of fines? Idk. A thought.

I have been driving for 20 years and never once got a speeding ticket. Speed cameras work, they save lives, you can very easily avoid fines by driving like a normal person. Most people know this, too. That's why they're popular.

#DYK that if a person cycling is struck by a driver travelling 50 km/h, their chance of survival is only 10%? Whether you’re a new or experienced driver, always drive carefully around vulnerable road users. 🚴 Find #RoadSafety tips at toronto.ca/WatchforBikes.

I’m 6’4”, 190lbs (193cm, 80kg). I’m big. . I comfortably drove the hatchback on the left. I wish the vehicle on the right didn’t exist.

Toronto is one of the most diverse cities – for bees! 🐝 Did you know more than 360 species of bees call Toronto home? These mighty pollinators need our help. Apply for a PollinateTO grant today: www.toronto.ca/services-pay...

Congratulations to all the 2025 TUDA winners. It was a wonderful event put on by Urban Design staff to recognize design excellence in the city. Browse the Jury Report for an inspiring collection of projects. www.toronto.ca/city-governm...

Big News! The Toronto Society of Architects is now doing architecture boat tours! I got to ride along for the first one this weekend. Details at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/

Discussed the weekend with a barista this morning. Places we’ll be headed to: - Little Norway Park - Little Malta - Greektown - Koreatown. Toronto’s motto “Diversity Our Strength” came to mind… It really is great to have all these communities nearby.

St Thomas Elevated Park - transforming the railway bridge into public park and offering unique views, and pedestrian and cycling experience.

Protected construction detour lane for cyclists … nicely done!