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There are many reflections, updates, and acknowledgements we are excited to share.
To anyone who may have missed this installation, please know that another Space for Grief will be returning!
For now, we are taking some time to rest, reflect, and recover. We will share more updates soon. 💛
To anyone who may have missed this installation, please know that another Space for Grief will be returning!
For now, we are taking some time to rest, reflect, and recover. We will share more updates soon. 💛
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There are many reflections, updates, and acknowledgements we are excited to share.
To anyone who may have missed this installation, please know that another Space for Grief will be returning!
For now, we are taking some time to rest, reflect, and recover. We will share more updates soon. 💛
To anyone who may have missed this installation, please know that another Space for Grief will be returning!
For now, we are taking some time to rest, reflect, and recover. We will share more updates soon. 💛
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Not convinced of the headline. The provincial government has no interest in housing affordability. Our largest city won't allow adequate density w/in neighbourhoods, which means meaningful missing middle is banished to polluted arterials. The point of a system is what it does.
Everyone wants to solve the housing crisis, so why is Ontario so far behind on housing goals?
If there’s any hope of solving the housing crisis, experts say all levels of government need to rethink their approach.
www.yorkregion.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Not convinced of the headline. The provincial government has no interest in housing affordability. Our largest city won't allow adequate density w/in neighbourhoods, which means meaningful missing middle is banished to polluted arterials. The point of a system is what it does.
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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Someone is going to park a car there
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Someone is going to park a car there
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Update: Designer is Athena Macke www.instagram.com/athena.macke
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Update: Designer is Athena Macke www.instagram.com/athena.macke
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This is brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is brilliant.
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Dan says it right: this is a city, and we need leaders who will say so.
I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When even the humble corner store is impossible to open in Toronto, it’s a sign of something deeply wrong
We need to accept that Toronto is now a big city.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Dan says it right: this is a city, and we need leaders who will say so.
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two people at spadina carrying sleds down the stairs into the subway, winter in toronto has officially begun ❄️
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
two people at spadina carrying sleds down the stairs into the subway, winter in toronto has officially begun ❄️
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People want to be with other people. A recent event showcased the wisdom of William H Whyte, and I ask: why don’t our public spaces follow his lead? www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
Parks should be made for people. Why does such an obvious idea elude us?
We need to create spaces where people want to gather, as William H. Whyte argued, but the central requirements are sadly absent in Canadian public spaces
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
People want to be with other people. A recent event showcased the wisdom of William H Whyte, and I ask: why don’t our public spaces follow his lead? www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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U of T grad students: Explore how buildings, landscapes, and urban environments act as media for the embodiment, release, transfer of chemicals & minerals – and how they impact geographies and health and raise questions for preservation and conservation https://ow.ly/CjyM50Xlm4K
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
U of T grad students: Explore how buildings, landscapes, and urban environments act as media for the embodiment, release, transfer of chemicals & minerals – and how they impact geographies and health and raise questions for preservation and conservation https://ow.ly/CjyM50Xlm4K
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Truly honoured for the feature! ♥️ Art is medicine. Everyone needs and deserves community when they are grieving!
Thanks to everyone that has come by the Space for Grief installation so far ♥️♥️♥️. Sharing a segment from CityTV. We’re open till Nov 11 at Evergreen Brick Works toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
#placemakingTO #publicspace #spaceforgrief #community
#placemakingTO #publicspace #spaceforgrief #community
Discover a Space for Grief that uses art to heal
Creating a space for people to share grief is the goal of a new art installation at Evergreen Brickworks. Audra Brown with how the immersive experience explores all forms of loss.
toronto.citynews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Truly honoured for the feature! ♥️ Art is medicine. Everyone needs and deserves community when they are grieving!
Such a beautiful project! Open till Nov 11 at Evergreen Brick Works in #Toronto
A big thank you to the amazing team at CBC Toronto for the feature. Space For Grief is open at Evergreen brickworks till November 11. ♥️
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Such a beautiful project! Open till Nov 11 at Evergreen Brick Works in #Toronto
I know that local Toronto designers and artists could do something amazing here! There’s so much talent here! #toronto
Attention design teams! Help us turn this parking lot into a new urban park. The City of Toronto has launched an international design competition for a new park in Liberty Village. Details at tinyurl.com/5xzrwh6p
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I know that local Toronto designers and artists could do something amazing here! There’s so much talent here! #toronto
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Thanks to everyone that has come by the Space for Grief installation so far ♥️♥️♥️. Sharing a segment from CityTV. We’re open till Nov 11 at Evergreen Brick Works toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
#placemakingTO #publicspace #spaceforgrief #community
#placemakingTO #publicspace #spaceforgrief #community
Discover a Space for Grief that uses art to heal
Creating a space for people to share grief is the goal of a new art installation at Evergreen Brickworks. Audra Brown with how the immersive experience explores all forms of loss.
toronto.citynews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thanks to everyone that has come by the Space for Grief installation so far ♥️♥️♥️. Sharing a segment from CityTV. We’re open till Nov 11 at Evergreen Brick Works toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
#placemakingTO #publicspace #spaceforgrief #community
#placemakingTO #publicspace #spaceforgrief #community
Hello to all our new followers. We just joined Instagram. If you can please give us a follow! www.instagram.com/placemakerst...
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hello to all our new followers. We just joined Instagram. If you can please give us a follow! www.instagram.com/placemakerst...
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Don’t assume the people around you have voted. Ask them if they need help, do they need you to take their ballot to the ballot box? That is legal if the ballot is signed and sealed! Every vote is critical in this election!
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Don’t assume the people around you have voted. Ask them if they need help, do they need you to take their ballot to the ballot box? That is legal if the ballot is signed and sealed! Every vote is critical in this election!
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Attention design teams! Help us turn this parking lot into a new urban park. The City of Toronto has launched an international design competition for a new park in Liberty Village. Details at tinyurl.com/5xzrwh6p
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Attention design teams! Help us turn this parking lot into a new urban park. The City of Toronto has launched an international design competition for a new park in Liberty Village. Details at tinyurl.com/5xzrwh6p
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I’ll be part of a panel discussion following the screening of William Whyte’s classic “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” hosted by the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. November 4 at the Faculty Club. Details at www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-social...
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces - Film Screening
Join us for a screening of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces by William H. “Holly” Whyte, followed by a panel discussion.
www.eventbrite.ca
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I’ll be part of a panel discussion following the screening of William Whyte’s classic “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” hosted by the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. November 4 at the Faculty Club. Details at www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-social...
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Join us Sunday at Evergreen Brick Works for across-sector panel exploring how grief shapes the systems we live within, and how acknowledging loss can spark collective healing. www.eventbrite.com/e/hidden-cur...
🕐 1–2:30 PM
🎟 Free & open to all
#SpaceForGrief #GoodMourningFestival #placemakingTO
🕐 1–2:30 PM
🎟 Free & open to all
#SpaceForGrief #GoodMourningFestival #placemakingTO
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us Sunday at Evergreen Brick Works for across-sector panel exploring how grief shapes the systems we live within, and how acknowledging loss can spark collective healing. www.eventbrite.com/e/hidden-cur...
🕐 1–2:30 PM
🎟 Free & open to all
#SpaceForGrief #GoodMourningFestival #placemakingTO
🕐 1–2:30 PM
🎟 Free & open to all
#SpaceForGrief #GoodMourningFestival #placemakingTO
Excited for this!
Join us Sunday at Evergreen Brick Works for across-sector panel exploring how grief shapes the systems we live within, and how acknowledging loss can spark collective healing. www.eventbrite.com/e/hidden-cur...
🕐 1–2:30 PM
🎟 Free & open to all
#SpaceForGrief #GoodMourningFestival #placemakingTO
🕐 1–2:30 PM
🎟 Free & open to all
#SpaceForGrief #GoodMourningFestival #placemakingTO
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Excited for this!
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Save the date! Space for Grief returns to Evergreen Brick Works this Nov 1–11, 2025.
An award-winning immersive public-art experience that invites us to reflect, heal, and imagine new futures together.
🕊️ Free and open to all
#SpaceForGrief #CommunityHealing #GriefInformedFutures #placemakingTO
An award-winning immersive public-art experience that invites us to reflect, heal, and imagine new futures together.
🕊️ Free and open to all
#SpaceForGrief #CommunityHealing #GriefInformedFutures #placemakingTO
October 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Save the date! Space for Grief returns to Evergreen Brick Works this Nov 1–11, 2025.
An award-winning immersive public-art experience that invites us to reflect, heal, and imagine new futures together.
🕊️ Free and open to all
#SpaceForGrief #CommunityHealing #GriefInformedFutures #placemakingTO
An award-winning immersive public-art experience that invites us to reflect, heal, and imagine new futures together.
🕊️ Free and open to all
#SpaceForGrief #CommunityHealing #GriefInformedFutures #placemakingTO
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“How Bike Share went from death’s door to one of Toronto’s fastest-growing ways to travel” in the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
October 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“How Bike Share went from death’s door to one of Toronto’s fastest-growing ways to travel” in the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
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The world’s longest rainbow path. The 600 metre “Long Walk to Equality” by artist Travis Myers at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island … the location of Canada’s first Pride in 1971.
October 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The world’s longest rainbow path. The 600 metre “Long Walk to Equality” by artist Travis Myers at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island … the location of Canada’s first Pride in 1971.