Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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Brandon DonnellyNew web property: brandondonnelly.me
I’ve just created a new web property at brandondonnelly.me. It’s a true tumblelog or microblogging site (using Tumblr) that I plan to make more casual and free flowing than this, long-form, text blog. I’ll likely post things related to design, technology, real estate, snowboarding and wine.
Initially, that’s what this blog (brandondonnelly.com) was. It existed that way from 2012 to 2013. But then I decided to dedicate myself last fall to blogging about cities in long-form (mostly text). As the blogging saying goes, “narrow your focus to broaden your audience.” And for bloggers who aren’t celebrities, that seems to make sense.
But I found myself wanting to post other things and more quickly. I also look at domains as virtual real estate. So I decided to buy and setup brandondonnelly.me. Now I have brandondonnelly.com (or architectthiscity.com) as my cities blog and brandondonnelly.me as my place for personal expression.
Check it out and, if you’re on Tumblr, follow me up. Have a great day.
I’ve just created a new web property at brandondonnelly.me. It’s a true tumblelog or microblogging site (using Tumblr) that I plan to make more casual and free flowing than this, long-form, text blog. I’ll likely post things related to design, technology, real estate, snowboarding and wine.
Initially, that’s what this blog (brandondonnelly.com) was. It existed that way from 2012 to 2013. But then I decided to dedicate myself last fall to blogging about cities in long-form (mostly text). As the blogging saying goes, “narrow your focus to broaden your audience.” And for bloggers who aren’t celebrities, that seems to make sense.
But I found myself wanting to post other things and more quickly. I also look at domains as virtual real estate. So I decided to buy and setup brandondonnelly.me. Now I have brandondonnelly.com (or architectthiscity.com) as my cities blog and brandondonnelly.me as my place for personal expression.
Check it out and, if you’re on Tumblr, follow me up. Have a great day.
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Brandon DonnellyNew web property: brandondonnelly.me
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Daily insights for city builders. Published since 2013 by Toronto-based real estate developer Brandon Donnelly.
Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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