Sean Galbraith
@plannersean.bsky.social
Urban planning shit posting, disc golf, assorted other nonsense and garbage. @plannersean on Twitter
Don Valley Brick Works 18 years ago youtu.be/SxOVaeSOM0E?...
Don Valley Brickworks
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February 7, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Don Valley Brick Works 18 years ago youtu.be/SxOVaeSOM0E?...
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19 years I was contacted by a student who wanted to make a class project video about urban exploration (which I was big into). My self and an Urbex team mate brought them into Hamilton’s Lister Block and the Brock Works. A little cringe, but hey some cool shots.
19 years I was contacted by a student who wanted to make a class project video about urban exploration (which I was big into). My self and an Urbex team mate brought them into Hamilton’s Lister Block and the Brock Works. A little cringe, but hey some cool shots.
DK Photogroup - Urban Exploration
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February 7, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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19 years I was contacted by a student who wanted to make a class project video about urban exploration (which I was big into). My self and an Urbex team mate brought them into Hamilton’s Lister Block and the Brock Works. A little cringe, but hey some cool shots.
19 years I was contacted by a student who wanted to make a class project video about urban exploration (which I was big into). My self and an Urbex team mate brought them into Hamilton’s Lister Block and the Brock Works. A little cringe, but hey some cool shots.
It looks like a really great plan, and it has nothing remotely similar to the “existing neighbourhood character” fetishizing that Toronto’s does in 4.1.5
BIG NEWS! Our new city-wide Plan for Langford, BC is a FINALIST for the Canadian Institute of Planners AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE!
I love the message this recognition sends— you don’t need a big city & a big budget to create cutting-edge planning for a better city. We showed a better way in a small city.
I love the message this recognition sends— you don’t need a big city & a big budget to create cutting-edge planning for a better city. We showed a better way in a small city.
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 AM
It looks like a really great plan, and it has nothing remotely similar to the “existing neighbourhood character” fetishizing that Toronto’s does in 4.1.5
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Tucked into the proposed zoning changes to try and prevent iceberg homes in Toronto is a change that’s going to make it harder to have a backyard pool city-wide. Very much feels like, again, a solution in search of a problem.
Tucked into the proposed zoning changes to try and prevent iceberg homes in Toronto is a change that’s going to make it harder to have a backyard pool city-wide. Very much feels like, again, a solution in search of a problem.
Putting a pool in your backyard? It could become a lot more expensive, says Toronto councillor | CBC News
If you're putting together plans for a backyard pool in Toronto right now — and according to urban planners and pool builders, this is the time of year to be doing it — you may be in for a nasty surpr...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Tucked into the proposed zoning changes to try and prevent iceberg homes in Toronto is a change that’s going to make it harder to have a backyard pool city-wide. Very much feels like, again, a solution in search of a problem.
Tucked into the proposed zoning changes to try and prevent iceberg homes in Toronto is a change that’s going to make it harder to have a backyard pool city-wide. Very much feels like, again, a solution in search of a problem.
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Toronto Parks has been operating as if deadlines and budgets are irrelevant. Suddenly there’s a shortage.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
February 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Toronto Parks has been operating as if deadlines and budgets are irrelevant. Suddenly there’s a shortage.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
“The development that, 120 years ago, so galled its neighbours is now regarded as a heritage building of such importance that its tenants had hoped to maintain it as-is for years to come.”
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Street Fight: If the city stands a chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need multiplexes—but homeowners can’t stand them in their neighbourhoods — Toronto Life
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need multiplexes in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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February 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
“The development that, 120 years ago, so galled its neighbours is now regarded as a heritage building of such importance that its tenants had hoped to maintain it as-is for years to come.”
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Send me your Toronto housing familiar paralegals that help tenants.
January 31, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Send me your Toronto housing familiar paralegals that help tenants.
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“Rath immediately became defensive at the mention of the movement’s coziness with the United States.” @pressprogress.ca
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Alberta Separatists Kicked Us Out of Their Event After Asking About American Support
As they inch closer to triggering a referendum, the movement's leaders have been facing new scrutiny
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January 31, 2026 at 6:23 AM
“Rath immediately became defensive at the mention of the movement’s coziness with the United States.” @pressprogress.ca
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If you know of anyone renting a studio or other small apartment that is chihuahua friendly for $1000ish please let me know. My friend in Parkdale is getting renovicted in February. She is a great tenant. Even if it is being redeveloped and it’s only a temporary situation.
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 AM
If you know of anyone renting a studio or other small apartment that is chihuahua friendly for $1000ish please let me know. My friend in Parkdale is getting renovicted in February. She is a great tenant. Even if it is being redeveloped and it’s only a temporary situation.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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New from me at TVO, on recent news from the province on the housing file (and why all of it is, literally and provably, years too late) amp.tvo.org/article/analysis-is-2026-the-year-ontario-will-finally-get-to-work-taking-on-the-housing-crisis
ANALYSIS: Is 2026 the year Ontario will finally get to work taking on the housing crisis? | TVO Today
For five years, the Ford government has done anything on the housing file except the things that would make a difference.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:40 PM
New from me at TVO, on recent news from the province on the housing file (and why all of it is, literally and provably, years too late) amp.tvo.org/article/analysis-is-2026-the-year-ontario-will-finally-get-to-work-taking-on-the-housing-crisis
Clearly the sign isn’t big enough.
Safe Parkside is reporting another high speed crash today. Doug Ford’s Ontario &, apparently, the one Ontario voters want.
Tho Toronto not off hook here - city & local councillor did nothing long before Ford’s meddling despite pleas for them to act.
Tho Toronto not off hook here - city & local councillor did nothing long before Ford’s meddling despite pleas for them to act.
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Clearly the sign isn’t big enough.
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We have a consultation problem. I write about a Toronto rec centre that will have taken 14 years to plan, cost at least three times the original budget - and be a bad building.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
What is the cost of consultation?
Toronto recreation centre that started as $40-million project in 2016 has ballooned to nearly $113-million before construction even starts
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 PM
We have a consultation problem. I write about a Toronto rec centre that will have taken 14 years to plan, cost at least three times the original budget - and be a bad building.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Well played, Discover Muskoka, with your “Come to the Cottage” billboards.
January 20, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Well played, Discover Muskoka, with your “Come to the Cottage” billboards.
That stupid Craven Road garden suite thing from last fall is coming back next week.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
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Garden suite rules divided neighbours on this tiny east Toronto street. City hall’s fix didn’t end the battle
Backyard homes had split neighbours on either side of the tiny Toronto street. But reaction to the proposed compromise was equally contentious, with some calling it good planning and others a ‘slipper...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
That stupid Craven Road garden suite thing from last fall is coming back next week.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
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I am hiring an Assistant Planner to join our Planning Department. A great position for someone passionate about downtown and revitalization in Buffalo, NY!
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Assistant Planner - Buffalo, NY 14203 - Indeed.com
Buffalo Place Inc.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I am hiring an Assistant Planner to join our Planning Department. A great position for someone passionate about downtown and revitalization in Buffalo, NY!
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Nice new Toronto 6plex by my client, Desi Living. Coming soon a laneway suite in the back.
January 5, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Nice new Toronto 6plex by my client, Desi Living. Coming soon a laneway suite in the back.
Photo 1: ok, kinda typical modernist new build
Photo 2: wait… what
Photo 3: what the ever loving fuck
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Photo 2: wait… what
Photo 3: what the ever loving fuck
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December 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Photo 1: ok, kinda typical modernist new build
Photo 2: wait… what
Photo 3: what the ever loving fuck
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
Photo 2: wait… what
Photo 3: what the ever loving fuck
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You say you want more walkable communities, but remember when grandma got ran over by those fuckin’ reindeer she was walking home. If she was driving she would still be alive
December 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
You say you want more walkable communities, but remember when grandma got ran over by those fuckin’ reindeer she was walking home. If she was driving she would still be alive
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That being said, Etobicoke, North York, and Scarborough *still* have lower densities than what they thought they should aim to achieve by 1980.
December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
That being said, Etobicoke, North York, and Scarborough *still* have lower densities than what they thought they should aim to achieve by 1980.
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It's still the 50s so if you read the rest of that section they are aiming for what I consider low densities and they want to drop the density of downtown and the west end.
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's still the 50s so if you read the rest of that section they are aiming for what I consider low densities and they want to drop the density of downtown and the west end.