Urban street design architecture

While the “15-minute city” model promotes neighborhood-level urban planning, Sweden is pursuing a hyper-local twist: a scheme to redesign every street in the nation.

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Introduction The Creative Corridor retrofits a four-block segment of an endangered downtown Main Street through economic development catalyzed by the cultural arts rather than Main Street’s traditi…

One of my favorite people, Scott Wilson, has always encouraged my efforts to organize a street tree planting on Colorado Boulevard. However, from the beginning, Scott told me I was thinking too sma…

Active planning initiatives being coordinated by the Planning Department. Find more information inside each initiative, including details, associated files, and contact information.

The project will include wider sidewalks, improved traffic design, safer pedestrian crossings and various aesthetic improvements to the section of Green Street from Fourth Street to Neil Street.

George Hislop Park and Norman Jewison Park are now open! The Yonge Street Linear Park network provides vital green space and a popular pedestrian route parallel to Yonge Street in the Church-Wellesley neighbourhood. The revitalization project includes George Hislop Park, Norman Jewison Park and Alexander Street Parkette. The park improvements will be guided by the […]