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Toronto + Winnipeg
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Neil Loewen retweeted
The day has arrived.
45 years after pedestrians were first barricaded from crossing the street at Winnipeg’s storied Portage and Main intersection, the concrete walls have finally started coming down.
One of the things we kept hearing about the County is that the seasonal nature of employment and shortage of adequate housing makes it hard to attract workers so many places like Wander the Resort provide worker lodgings on-site.
Learning so much about culture-led regeneration, leveraging development pressure, and selling stories+storeys on @ULIToronto’s tour of Prince Edward County.
Today’s Day 2/2 ULI tour of the County included learning about biz that celebrates PEC at the Royal Hotel, Wander the Resort, the Drake Devonshire, and of course Closson Chase Vineyards!
All of this was better in its original format posted on BlueSky follow me there @neilloewen.bsky.social
Hey there um a few of us are hanging out over at this other spot and it would be cool if you stopped by
The problem isn’t that tickets need to be $450 instead of $90. It’s that no one gets ticketed for box-blocking. Automated enforcement is necessary and good to see the City is exploring the legal ability to do this too. It will either fix our intersections or our finances.
City of Toronto increases fines as part of Don’t Block the Box program to help combat congestion and enhance road safety
News release: toronto.ca/news/city-of-toro…
I got to chat with Steve Paikin and three incredible co-panelists with important perspectives about 1) the serious need for transit expansion currently being addressed and 2) the on-the-ground disturbance its construction has on those living and working nearby
Are major infrastructure projects worth the pain homeowners, businesses, and commuters are feeling? @spaikin asked @JohnLorinc (@Spacing), @neilloewen (@UrbStrat), @shoshannasaxe (@civmin), and Jason McDonald (@YorkEglintonBIA) #onpoli #topoli youtu.be/EoPZ2B5QRMY?si=bEvU…
Neil Loewen retweeted
"Nobody has figured out how to build a subway line secretly, without anybody noticing. There's going to be impacts." — @neilloewen (@UrbStrat), at 8/11pm with @shoshannasaxe (@civmin), Jason McDonald (@YorkEglintonBIA), @JohnLorinc (@Spacing) & @spaikin | Producer: @carrletta
Can I just say that TekSavvy customer service is a dream? We come to dread having to interact with our big Canadian telecoms and banks but honestly Teksavvy is a joy and fixes things with such ease I may just start calling them whenever I have a bad day
Neil Loewen retweeted
Biggest @Wpg_BlueBombers bike valet I’ve ever seen. #BanjoBowl
Singapore knows not to let the spaces under bridges and expressways go to waste, and instead designs comfortable and well-used public spaces and a critical reprieve from the heat. Canadian cities need to need to take notes - we already crave shade nearly half the year.
Neil Loewen retweeted
“If I could have one thing more it would be for the Winnipeg Jets to win the next Stanley Cup.”
Stanley Cup champion and former Jets bench boss Paul Maurice
A model of “second street housing”. Instead of forcing all our intensification onto our wonderful and irreplaceable retail streets, allow it immediately next to the retail streets instead.
there's something so satisfying about the urbanism of the village. it's a case where we kept retail and venues right on the main street, ensuring a lively village day and night, but where tons of rental towers (including some co-ops and public housing) populate the side streets
ALT a photo of the church and maitland intersection, showing some far traffic, 2-3 storey retail and small apartments, and with large rental slab towers in the background