Yesterday Sidewalk Toronto released its draft site plan for Quayside. Here’s what it looks like: There’s a big emphasis on people-first streets and on the public realm. I like the idea of a waterfront plaza at the tip of the Parliament slip and of a… Read More
I’ve written about co-living spaces before – here and probably elsewhere on this blog. Well this morning, WeWork (the co-working startup currently valued at a cool $16 billion) unveiled its inaugural co-living space on New York’s Wall Street. It’s called WeLive and Vanity Fair describes it… Read More
I am a big fan of the UP Express train that runs from downtown Toronto to Pearson Airport. I love the station architecture, the branding and identity, the trains themselves (with wifi), and the local retailers they house at Union. I also happen to live… Read More
I’m giving away a free t-shirt on April 1st, 2015 exclusively to Architect This City subscribers. There’s no catch. And no this is not an April Fool’s joke! I just want to say thanks to the people who read ATC on a regular basis. It’s… Read More
Schönefeld by Vladimir Smirnov on 500px Though this blog is focused on cities and geared towards city builders, I cover a lot of different topics. I talk about real estate, architecture, planning, transportation, technology, and even personal topics. My primary goal is to create a… Read More
McKinsey recently put out a great interview with one of the founders of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, talking about the relationship between his company and cities. I thought it was fascinating. Click here to watch the video. If you don’t feel like doing that, I’ve also pasted… Read More
Yesterday I wrote a post talking about the rise of community involvement in the city planning process and how many people feel that it’s undermining the expertise of trained city planners. My position is that community participation is only going to become more pronounced and… Read More
Yesterday evening I met up with a talented Toronto-based technology entrepreneur who also happens to be passionate about cities. The conversation meandered between both worlds, but we ended up coming back to one central theme: It’s all about people. Facebook didn’t just buy WhatsApp for… Read More
Last week we spoke about why the world needs a social real estate community and how we intend to use this community to get and share property information and activity.
We’re about a week away from launching our first release (signup here and be the first to get notified) and so we thought…
If you read our first blog post from last week (What is Dirt?), you probably started thinking: do we really need a social community for real estate consumers? Why can’t we leverage existing social networks, and continue to rely on industry experts and existing resources to help us understand…
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