This is the largest transit expansion in North America. And in this @macleans.bsky.social Magazine feature, I argue that other cities should be looking at the advantages of light metros like the REM:

macleans.ca/society/mont...

Atlanta streetcar is the poster child for this.

Then there’s the facedectomies and Black Creek Pioneer Village stuff we do in Toronto that absolutely privileges the bricks over the place.

Or hybrid histories like Berlin’s Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church that kept the ruin and built a modern church beside it, or the Nueus Museum that inserted new among layers of history - both as a memory to the horror’s of WWII.

Not sure things are so cut-and-dry. The Coliseum is a very particular example of the romantic era’s take that become an early mass tourism site. Lots of counter examples like Notre Dame recently or Dresden’s Frauenkiche which obsessively kept individual stones in place while replacing 90% with new.

The city of Warsaw would like to have a word:
www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/...

Cosmic fucking horror

Promise David subs on and quickly puts #CanMNT up 2:0!!!!!!!! He’s making a strong case for starting.

Curaçao have qualified for World Cup.

Least populated nation (150,000) to ever qualify for men's World Cup.

Jamaica go to the playoff tournament in March.

#Concacaf #WorldCup2026 #CanMNT #Curaçao

Here’s a nice perspective on Koné goal from the first half, to cleanse the palate. #CanMNT

Richie doing Richie things and Martinez gets a red. Unfortunately, Koné gets sent off moments later and both teams are playing with 10 men. #CanMNT

Studied this for Metrolinx years ago. There truly is no easy way to convert and future-proofing a garage for later conversion is very expensive. Our recommendation was to not build them in the first place. Years later, they stopped building structures parking.