Archive for February, 2009
Ken Lewenza: They didn't take Windsor out of the boy: interview in the Globe and Mail, Monday 02/23/09
My Ottawa
"I want to live in a city that revels in its urbanity. That's a city that finds its identity and has fun with it."
Editorial Comment: If you ...
'Hood-winked?
Winnipeggers were promised a utopian suburb in Waverley West, but scaled-back plans have dashed expectations and created a very different reality
The Manitoba government and land developer Ladco promised, in January 2003, to transform 1,200 hectares of mostly empty land into the largest residential development in the city's ...
Way back in June of 2008, when ScaleDown partnered with Artcite for our roundtable discussion on the effects of urban sprawl, panelist Veronika Mogyrody watered the seed that was planted to rebrand the city of ...
As I see the economy take blow after ferocious blow I cannot help but think “how long can this last?” Throughout history, local and otherwise, we have always found a way to persevere....
During last weeks council meeting when the RDVIP litigation-bomb was dropped, we were told by the city's colicitor that a report would come before council this Monday, Feb 23rd, about Riverside Neighbourhood Inc.'s request for judicial review.
Well, it ...
The matriarch of organic, regenerative urban thinking Jane Jacobs will be featured tonight on TVO. This from the Spacing Toronto blog...
TVO is premiering what sounds like an interesting documentary about Jane Jacobs’ legacy tonight (Wed. Feb. 18) at 10 pm. ...
From Tuesday, Feb 17's Windsor Star
"A residents’ group which has launched a court challenge over a plan to widen Riverside Drive for bike lanes says the road should become a single lane for one-way vehicle traffic, with the other lane reserved for cyclists...
...But ...
Meet the Doomers: How-to guide for the apocalypse
For millennia, doomsayers have been predicting the end of the world as we know it. These days, theory dovetails with fact: oil is disappearing. Should we be listening?
The high priests of the doomer set include the acerbic critic of suburbia, James Howard ...
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- Chimczuk - Saying no for all the wrong reasons
- Lessons Ignored
- A New Focus (or, the birth of a resident association)
- Geezer-Mart
- Chimczuk Museum inc- Answers that raise questions
- Chimczuk Part 2 - Why so harsh of a post
- Chimzcuk Museum
- Erosion of the elements of liveability
- University chooses architect with disastrous Windsor record
- Sulja Case has Scaledown twist
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Jim in Chimczuk - Saying no for all the wrong reasons:
What I’m saying is that they...- Mark in Chimczuk - Saying no for all the wrong reasons:
Problem is that the will stipulates the... - Jim in Chimczuk - Saying no for all the wrong reasons:
The city’s position is that a... - Chris Holt in Alas, the grass is not greener:
A lot of it was geography too, George, but I catch...
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