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#Cities
⚪The economy of cities
⚪The short block street grid
⚪3mph urban design...
#architecture #urbandesign #books #LFC https://nanaimocommons.blogspot.com/
"Three cheers for the dogged persistence and mysterious vitality of diversity.” #JaneJacobs
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Spain has become the Western world's economic-growth leader -- with the lowest deficits in Europe to boot -- by using the same toolkit Ottawa has before it (immigration plus investment in big capital projects), but doing it right. We should learn from them
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Opinion: Spain has become an economic leader by using Ottawa’s toolkit the right way
The once-flagging Spanish economy has been turbocharged by big infrastructure investments, the green-energy transition and immigration
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Spain has become the Western world's economic-growth leader -- with the lowest deficits in Europe to boot -- by using the same toolkit Ottawa has before it (immigration plus investment in big capital projects), but doing it right. We should learn from them
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Au revoir Montreal, one the most beautiful cities I've ever visited. Will definitely have to be back soon!
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Au revoir Montreal, one the most beautiful cities I've ever visited. Will definitely have to be back soon!
From Byzantine cottages to vulvic stadiums: the brilliance of female architects | Art and design | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
From Byzantine cottages to vulvic stadiums: the brilliance of female architects
A RIBA report says “stark displays of sexism” are driving women from the profession. If we don’t fight this systemic misogyny, we won’t just lose dazzling designs – we’ll have a world only fit for 6ft...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
From Byzantine cottages to vulvic stadiums: the brilliance of female architects | Art and design | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The boulevard of broken dreams.
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The boulevard of broken dreams.
"I think Canada deserves better of itself - more recognition of its own virtues, more readiness to blow its own trumpet, a little less becoming diffidence, a bit more vulgar swagger."
— Jan Morris
— Jan Morris
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"I think Canada deserves better of itself - more recognition of its own virtues, more readiness to blow its own trumpet, a little less becoming diffidence, a bit more vulgar swagger."
— Jan Morris
— Jan Morris
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HOLODOMOR: Stalin's 1932-3 genocide by starvation of Ukrainians
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November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
HOLODOMOR: Stalin's 1932-3 genocide by starvation of Ukrainians
holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/the-histo...
holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/the-histo...
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Ukraine working with US on ‘compromises that strengthen us’, says Zelenskyy – Europe live
Ukraine working with US on ‘compromises that strengthen us’, says Zelenskyy – Europe live
US and Ukraine say they have ‘updated framework’ for peace plan after weekend talks in Geneva
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US and Ukraine promise ‘updated’ peace framework after criticism of pro-Russian points in original plan
European Council president António Costa said he spoke with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy “to get his assessment of the situation” ahead of today’s informal EU leaders’ meeting on Ukraine on the sidelines of the EU-Africa summit.
“A united and coordinated EU position is key in ensuring a good outcome of peace negotiations - for Ukraine and for Europe,” he added. Continue reading...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ukraine working with US on ‘compromises that strengthen us’, says Zelenskyy – Europe live
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Episode #218: Russia and Ukraine
Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss U.S. sanctions on Russia and Ukraine’s budget shortfall: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss U.S. sanctions on Russia and Ukraine’s budget shortfall: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Russia and Ukraine
Podcast Episode · Ones and Tooze · 11/21/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Episode #218: Russia and Ukraine
Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss U.S. sanctions on Russia and Ukraine’s budget shortfall: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss U.S. sanctions on Russia and Ukraine’s budget shortfall: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
The front page.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The front page.
Building Blocks. The Rise of the Neighbourhood in Canada 1880s–2020s, R. Harris. Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything, edited by @dylanreid.bsky.social, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo, @johnlorinc.bsky.social
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social @reviewcanada.bsky.social
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social @reviewcanada.bsky.social
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
Building Blocks | Literary Review of Canada
Frances Bula reviews “The Rise of the Neighbourhoodin Canada, 1880s–2020s” by Richard Harris and “Messy Cities,” edited by Dylan Reid, et al.
reviewcanada.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Building Blocks. The Rise of the Neighbourhood in Canada 1880s–2020s, R. Harris. Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything, edited by @dylanreid.bsky.social, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo, @johnlorinc.bsky.social
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social @reviewcanada.bsky.social
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social @reviewcanada.bsky.social
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
California Has a Legal Clause for Housing That Could Put NIMBYs in a Corner.
For years the state has been nudging its cities to build housing to address a severe shortage. Maybe what they needed was a shove.
Gift article. @conordougherty.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
For years the state has been nudging its cities to build housing to address a severe shortage. Maybe what they needed was a shove.
Gift article. @conordougherty.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
The Housing Strategy That Has California NIMBYs in a Corner
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
California Has a Legal Clause for Housing That Could Put NIMBYs in a Corner.
For years the state has been nudging its cities to build housing to address a severe shortage. Maybe what they needed was a shove.
Gift article. @conordougherty.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
For years the state has been nudging its cities to build housing to address a severe shortage. Maybe what they needed was a shove.
Gift article. @conordougherty.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
In Madrid, the metro system will dispatch special subway trains open only to visiting fans, picking them up and whisking them to the stadium – "a test of logistics complicated by the need to herd people whose capacity to follow instructions tends to be hampered by beer and loud singing."
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In Madrid, the metro system will dispatch special subway trains open only to visiting fans, picking them up and whisking them to the stadium – "a test of logistics complicated by the need to herd people whose capacity to follow instructions tends to be hampered by beer and loud singing."
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The winners of the top architectural awards in British Columbia have been announced.
AFBC Architectural Awards of Excellence winners announced
The winners of the top architectural awards in British Columbia have been announced.
www.canadianarchitect.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The winners of the top architectural awards in British Columbia have been announced.
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
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Episode #217: The Economics of Podcasts
Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss the economics of podcasts, a multibillion-dollar industry: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss the economics of podcasts, a multibillion-dollar industry: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Economics of Podcasts
Podcast Episode · Ones and Tooze · 11/14/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Episode #217: The Economics of Podcasts
Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss the economics of podcasts, a multibillion-dollar industry: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss the economics of podcasts, a multibillion-dollar industry: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The corruption scandal rocking Ukrainian politics is bad. The timing - as Russian troops enter Pokrovsk, and the energy grid buckles under the strain of attacks - is even worse.
My analysis
My analysis
Corruption scandal in Ukraine raises fears the West will abandon it to its fate
Alleged mastermind of the scheme is a close associate of Zelensky
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The corruption scandal rocking Ukrainian politics is bad. The timing - as Russian troops enter Pokrovsk, and the energy grid buckles under the strain of attacks - is even worse.
My analysis
My analysis
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Episode #216: Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating military action against Venezuela. Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating military action against Venezuela. Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Venezuela
Podcast Episode · Ones and Tooze · 11/07/2025 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Episode #216: Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating military action against Venezuela. Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating military action against Venezuela. Hosts @adamtooze.bsky.social and Cameron Abadi discuss: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
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‘This selection of almost two hundred images, displayed as small or medium-sized black and white prints, draws attention to the camera’s ambiguous role in representing popular movements that sought to challenge power.’
Daniel Trilling on Steve McQueen’s ‘Resistance’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Trilling on Steve McQueen’s ‘Resistance’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Trilling · At Modern Two: Protest Photography
Although the events depicted in Resistance are familiar territory for an exhibition concerned with social history –...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
‘This selection of almost two hundred images, displayed as small or medium-sized black and white prints, draws attention to the camera’s ambiguous role in representing popular movements that sought to challenge power.’
Daniel Trilling on Steve McQueen’s ‘Resistance’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Trilling on Steve McQueen’s ‘Resistance’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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MVVA will create design guidelines that shape the long-term transformation of this future Toronto landmark.
MVVA selected as winner of YZD Runway Roadmap
MVVA will create design guidelines that shape the long-term transformation of this future Toronto landmark.
www.canadianarchitect.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
MVVA will create design guidelines that shape the long-term transformation of this future Toronto landmark.
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Great piece that argues, Less playable art, more everyday play
The piece I was writing which uses this pavilion as a starting point has just been published. Thought you might be interested: www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/11/citi...
When Cities Aren’t Playable: Placing Children’s Play in Urban Environments
Contrasting the visibility of playful art installations with a decline in funding for public infrastructures, Alison Stenning discusses how playability of ordinary urban environments is often ignored,...
www.mediapolisjournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Great piece that argues, Less playable art, more everyday play
Caixa Forum.
Paseo del Prado, Madrid. Architects Herzog & de Meuron.
Paseo del Prado, Madrid. Architects Herzog & de Meuron.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Caixa Forum.
Paseo del Prado, Madrid. Architects Herzog & de Meuron.
Paseo del Prado, Madrid. Architects Herzog & de Meuron.
Dorchester Square: In the Midst of the Fray
Architects unearth layers of history under one of Canada’s oldest cities while renovating a small downtown plot in the heart of Montreal, where Quebec's modern social debates play out to this day. @cbcgem.bsky.social
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Architects unearth layers of history under one of Canada’s oldest cities while renovating a small downtown plot in the heart of Montreal, where Quebec's modern social debates play out to this day. @cbcgem.bsky.social
gem.cbc.ca/absolutely-c...
Dorchester Square: In the Midst of the Fray | Absolutely Canadian | CBC Gem
Absolutely Canadian is a national one-hour series showcasing documentaries and performance programs that tell unique stories from communities across Canada. All programs are produced locally.
gem.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Dorchester Square: In the Midst of the Fray
Architects unearth layers of history under one of Canada’s oldest cities while renovating a small downtown plot in the heart of Montreal, where Quebec's modern social debates play out to this day. @cbcgem.bsky.social
gem.cbc.ca/absolutely-c...
Architects unearth layers of history under one of Canada’s oldest cities while renovating a small downtown plot in the heart of Montreal, where Quebec's modern social debates play out to this day. @cbcgem.bsky.social
gem.cbc.ca/absolutely-c...
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Trump attacks Brutalism (again): the people movers were part of the original Saarinen design washingtonian.com/2016/11/21/m...
Bonus excerpt from the Eames film "The Expanding Airport" about them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-m...
Bonus excerpt from the Eames film "The Expanding Airport" about them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-m...
A Trump nominee to the advisory board overseeing Dulles International Airport plans to push for an end to its signature “people movers,” saying the shuttles that drew headlines this week for a crash that hospitalized 18 people are outdated and dangerous.
Trump airport nominee wants to eliminate Dulles ‘people movers’
The unique shuttles, which have been in operation since 1962, have been blamed for delays and accidents. A White House official Tuesday called them “notorious.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Trump attacks Brutalism (again): the people movers were part of the original Saarinen design washingtonian.com/2016/11/21/m...
Bonus excerpt from the Eames film "The Expanding Airport" about them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-m...
Bonus excerpt from the Eames film "The Expanding Airport" about them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-m...