Author Archives: OpenCity Projects
Art or Bike Parking?
Planned art installation? Spontaneous intervention? New bike parking? We’re not sure what the inspiration was for these bikes playfully hanging from a tree in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park but it definitely got our attention. We love these unexpected and creative … Read More
Posted in Aesthetics, Identity, Toronto
Tagged cycling, public art, Toronto, Trinity Bellwoods Park
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OpenCity Weekly Review
Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you Detroit’s urban farms, lessons from the Netherlands, Toronto’s Park People, and why the design of transit … Read More
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Join the OpenCity blog team
Our blog has grown quickly since our 2011 launch and we’re looking for new contributors to cover urban experience in Toronto and cities around the world. We have some great opportunities to get involved: Contributors We are open to like-minded … Read More
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OpenCity Weekly Review
Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you how to use your bike as a paintbrush, exploring the urban environment from a kid’s point … Read More
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OpenCity Weekly Review
Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you a visualization of shipping routes from around the world, a new Vancouverism, the Maputo People’s Wall, … Read More
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OpenCity Weekly Review
Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you a new book on public transit around the world, a William Whyte film on the use … Read More
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Tagged architecture, cars, Georgia, New York, public transit, Straphanger, Taras Grescoe, The Walrus, William Whyte
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OpenCity Weekly Review
Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you Toronto typography, a Vancouver bus shelter turned community message board, Boston crowd-sources their potholes, and how … Read More
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Tagged Boston, Brandon Yan, energy efficiency, Masters Planning, sustainability, Toronto, typography
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OpenCity Weekly Review
Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you New York’s privately owned public spaces, a Brazilian shanty town re-imagined, Facebook for cities, and a … Read More
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Tagged Brazil, Candy Chang, Neighborland, New Orleans, New York, public space, shanty towns, skyscrapers, slums
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OpenCity Weekly Review
Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you 8-bit maps, Ikea neighbourhoods, New York’s 6½th Avenue, and the faces of crime victims in Mexico.
OpenCity Weekly Review
Here’s our weekly review rounding up the best stories and ideas in public space from cities around the world. This week we bring you wooden skyscrapers, quieter cities, the preservation of modern architecture, and how to talk about cities without … Read More
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