A look at three simple ingredients to designing an all ages bicycle route: once you lay down the paint and planters, the people will come.
Category: Video
Weekend Watch: Global City
Deck Two’s Global City is a mural that, as its name suggests, aims to encompass the world, or at least, its architecture.
Weekend Watch: Moby Talks Architecture
While Moby may be first and foremost best known for his music, his latest venture sees him dipping into a whole different territory.
Jane Jacobs Compares Toronto & Montreal, 1969
A short television segment from 1969, shortly after Jacobs moved to Canada.
Amanda Gibbs: Convening Is The New Killer App [Video]
Amada Gibbs talks about creative and productive public engagement techniques to address the pressing issues facing cities
Naheed Nenshi: Increasing Community Engagement [Video]
In May 2010, a few months before he was elected mayor of Calgary, Naheed Nenshi spoke at TEDxCalgary on ‘Calgary 3.0.’ Using insights drawn from his work in business, entrepreneurship and social change—as well as modern GIS data—he explored the challenges of how a modern city grows, and what some of the implications are for creating…
Moving Vancouver Forward Together
On November 28, 2011, City of Vancouver Planning Director, Brent Toderian, spoke to the members of the Urban Development Institute on issues relating to affordability, city planning, CACs, architecture and housing supply: You can follow along with the slides below (or download them for future reference): Brent Toderian’s Presentation UDI Final
One Millionth Tower [Weekend Watch]
This unique trailer looks at how the power of imagination can transform a dilapidated high-rise neighbourhood.
Street Skiing—AMAZING! [Weekend Watch]
I love cities and I love skiing. I never thought that the two could mix until I saw this trailer.
The Lost Tribes of New York City [Weekend Watch]
Urban Anthropologists, Andy and Carolyn London interview some of New York City’s more overlooked citizens.