Kew Sunrise. #Toronto #TheBeach #TheBeaches #KewGardens #Sunrise #Photography

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Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star

Thought this post was about Ontario and Doug Fords corrupt government lol 😂

There are many reflections, updates, and acknowledgements we are excited to share. To anyone who may have missed this installation, please know that another Space for Grief will be returning! For now, we are taking some time to rest, reflect, and recover. We will share more updates soon. 💛

Not convinced of the headline. The provincial government has no interest in housing affordability. Our largest city won't allow adequate density w/in neighbourhoods, which means meaningful missing middle is banished to polluted arterials. The point of a system is what it does.

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable cities.

Someone is going to park a car there

Update: Designer is Athena Macke www.instagram.com/athena.macke

This is brilliant.

Dan says it right: this is a city, and we need leaders who will say so.

two people at spadina carrying sleds down the stairs into the subway, winter in toronto has officially begun ❄️

People want to be with other people. A recent event showcased the wisdom of William H Whyte, and I ask: why don’t our public spaces follow his lead? www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...

Why are you following me? How can I help you? :) #communty #urbanists #placemaking

U of T grad students: Explore how buildings, landscapes, and urban environments act as media for the embodiment, release, transfer of chemicals & minerals – and how they impact geographies and health and raise questions for preservation and conservation https://ow.ly/CjyM50Xlm4K

Truly honoured for the feature! ♥️ Art is medicine. Everyone needs and deserves community when they are grieving!

Such a beautiful project! Open till Nov 11 at Evergreen Brick Works in #Toronto

I know that local Toronto designers and artists could do something amazing here! There’s so much talent here! #toronto

Thanks to everyone that has come by the Space for Grief installation so far ♥️♥️♥️. Sharing a segment from CityTV. We’re open till Nov 11 at Evergreen Brick Works toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #placemakingTO #publicspace #spaceforgrief #community

Hello to all our new followers. We just joined Instagram. If you can please give us a follow! www.instagram.com/placemakerst...

Don’t assume the people around you have voted. Ask them if they need help, do they need you to take their ballot to the ballot box? That is legal if the ballot is signed and sealed! Every vote is critical in this election!

Attention design teams! Help us turn this parking lot into a new urban park. The City of Toronto has launched an international design competition for a new park in Liberty Village. Details at tinyurl.com/5xzrwh6p

I’ll be part of a panel discussion following the screening of William Whyte’s classic “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” hosted by the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. November 4 at the Faculty Club. Details at www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-social...

Join us Sunday at Evergreen Brick Works for across-sector panel exploring how grief shapes the systems we live within, and how acknowledging loss can spark collective healing. www.eventbrite.com/e/hidden-cur... 🕐 1–2:30 PM 🎟 Free & open to all #SpaceForGrief #GoodMourningFestival #placemakingTO

Excited for this!

Save the date! Space for Grief returns to Evergreen Brick Works this Nov 1–11, 2025. An award-winning immersive public-art experience that invites us to reflect, heal, and imagine new futures together. 🕊️ Free and open to all #SpaceForGrief #CommunityHealing #GriefInformedFutures #placemakingTO

“How Bike Share went from death’s door to one of Toronto’s fastest-growing ways to travel” in the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

The world’s longest rainbow path. The 600 metre “Long Walk to Equality” by artist Travis Myers at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island … the location of Canada’s first Pride in 1971.

Cool opportunity!

Sidecar #toronto #TTC #x100vi

I just found out baby carrots were only invented in 1986. I’m older than baby carrots.

What is Indigenous place making? It is centering Indigenous voices within the creation of spaces: honouring Indigenous stories on the land. Many communities have not had the opportunity to see themselves expressed in the built environment.

We want to highlight all the amazing public space activations and placemaking projects across the GTA! Got something coming up? DM or tag us to share. #toronto #placemaking #publicspace #community

Nice to see the oppressiveness research I did with my trailblazing PhD supervisor Dr. Colin Ellard get a shout out in this @wired.com piece. It’s about time for truly neuroscience-informed urban design, and joy. www.wired.com/story/boring...

What a beautiful meditation on the tear-jerking power of place from reforming academic and friend Colin Ellard: open.substack.com/pub/colinell...

WATCH: “My standing piece of advice for those in North America who pine to see the best-practice streets & places in Europe or want to educate colleagues/friends on what’s possible: go to Montreal. It’s much closer. They really have it all.” Via @streetfilms.bsky.social & @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social.

🎉 Exciting news ahead: our next installation is coming November 2025! We’ll also share updates on how this work is expanding to support grief-informed futures and placemaking. 🫶 Grateful to the communities & partners who make this possible. #placemaking #publicspaceforgrief #griefinformedfutures

The City of Toronto is reviewing its Tree bylaws and related policies to better support tree planting, preservation, and maintenance across all neighbourhoods. Survey: ca.mar.medallia.com?e=467190&d=l...

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Toronto could use more of this. There are plenty of back lanes where it could work.

I learned how to gamble on the streets of Toronto 🇨🇦 🎰 #Batman #DC #POGs #Vintage

Honoured to share the stage with Toronto's hottest urbanist tonight.

Share your thoughts: 📅 Join us on Thursday, Sept 18 for a virtual public meeting at 6:30 p.m. 📝 Share your feedback by completing a short survey. 📧 Sign up for project updates and future consultation opportunities. Learn more: www.toronto.ca/city-governm...

Toronto’s Avenues are more than just streets; they’re places planned for growth with transit, shops, services and housing working together. In this thread, we’ll explain what’s happening and how you can get involved.

I was interviewed, along with my colleague Matthew Blackett, on the Hidden Gems podcast about Spacing magazine - its origins, how it works, and its role in Toronto (I'm the second half of the podcast). hiddengemstoronto.buzzsprout.com/1745243/epis...

"A lot of magic can happen when people come together in public space, and you can’t always predict exactly what it will be." It was such a pleasure talking to @jasonthorne.bsky.social about the joy potential of public spaces in our cities.

On th latest @spacingradio.bsky.social, we bring you the highlights from the Global Placemaking Summit held at @evergreencanada.bsky.social. We speak to experts from around the world: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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