There’s a lot of discussion about what the “online gig economy” will mean for traditional forms of employment. And seeing how we’re on the topic of Uber right now, I thought it would make for an interesting discussion. Should Uber drivers, to use one example,… Read More
The title of this post is a line from one of the works of Jenny Holzer. It feels appropriate right now. On Wednesday, Toronto saw a large scale anti-Uber protest involving as many as 2,000 taxis. It involved a bunch of taxis driving real slow… Read More
UrbanToronto.ca recently published an extended interview / discussion with urbanist Richard Florida about cities and, in particular, the future of Toronto. What it’s doing wrong. What it’s doing right. And what it should be doing to properly position itself for the future. What became clear… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js I was reading the internet this morning and I stumbled upon an interesting urban blogger from Oslo named Erling Fossen. Most of his writing is in Norwegian, but he does have a section called “City Notes” that is in English. I enjoyed this paragraph titled, "The… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js I am back in Toronto and ready to resume my normal routines. I am definitely a creature of habit. But boy is Miami an incredible city. The interesting thing that I noticed about Miami though is that – despite its reputation as a global… Read More
Resiliency is an important topic in urbanist circles these days. New York is working on a 10 mile “Dryline” to protect itself from future storms similar to Hurricane Sandy. And Miami Beach – one of the most vulnerable cities in the U.S. to sea level… Read More
It’s raining here in Miami Beach this morning. But the city is still buzzing with Art Basel and everything else that is going on right now. It’s been interesting to learn about some of the measures that Miami Beach is taking to deal with flood… Read More
It’s no secret that Vancouver is way out in front of Toronto and many other cities when it comes to laneway housing. Good luck trying to get a laneway house approved in Toronto. They’re only allowed under rare circumstances where there is already an existing… Read More
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on New Urbanism, I thought I would post an interesting video discussion between Andrés Duany and Ben Stevens. Duany is the father of New Urbanism and Stevens runs a great blog called The Skyline Forum where he interviews notable… Read More
Last night I was in CityPlace, West Palm Beach. Completed in 2000, CityPlace is a quintessential example of New Urbanism. (For those of you from Toronto, this is a different kind of a CityPlace.) In case you’re unfamiliar with this movement, here’s a snippet from The… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 