Taylor
@wornjournal.ca
I make zines about places and put them in little libraries
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Taylor
@wornjournal.ca
· May 30
You can get a copy of my Philosopher's Walk zine in Kensington market now! Check out The Beguiling if you want a copy (and also want to look at a bunch of other fun zines) 📚 #philosopherswalk #torontohistory #canadianzines
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Northern Lights, BC
Frederick Varley
1936
Frederick Varley
1936
May 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Northern Lights, BC
Frederick Varley
1936
Frederick Varley
1936
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Remember these? TTC stopped selling them years ago but continued to accept them. For most pax that ends after tomorrow. No exchanges or refunds, but if you know someone who rides Wheel-Trans they can use them until end of year
May 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Remember these? TTC stopped selling them years ago but continued to accept them. For most pax that ends after tomorrow. No exchanges or refunds, but if you know someone who rides Wheel-Trans they can use them until end of year
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Good news for Toronto’s waterfront: serious change for the urban design featuring SLA and Allies & Morrison.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Toronto’s new island promises a greener, livelier city
The Danish landscape architect tasked with the design is looking to bring in some quirkiness – which isn’t Toronto’s default setting
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Good news for Toronto’s waterfront: serious change for the urban design featuring SLA and Allies & Morrison.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
You can get a copy of my Philosopher's Walk zine in Kensington market now! Check out The Beguiling if you want a copy (and also want to look at a bunch of other fun zines) 📚 #philosopherswalk #torontohistory #canadianzines
May 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
You can get a copy of my Philosopher's Walk zine in Kensington market now! Check out The Beguiling if you want a copy (and also want to look at a bunch of other fun zines) 📚 #philosopherswalk #torontohistory #canadianzines
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The Don River and the river parks at Ookwemin Minesing coming along!
Emily Mueller de Celis and Alex Schiavoni of MVVA
Emily Mueller de Celis and Alex Schiavoni of MVVA
May 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Don River and the river parks at Ookwemin Minesing coming along!
Emily Mueller de Celis and Alex Schiavoni of MVVA
Emily Mueller de Celis and Alex Schiavoni of MVVA
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Great to see the Globe and Mail highlight the Toronto Public Space Committee's public toilet design contest. We will be featuring the winner in our fall issue.
"Density, in turn, requires great public spaces. Urban parks, squares and waterfront promenades are a sort of backyard for millions of city residents ... they need places to sit, a way to quench their thirst and somewhere to relieve themselves"
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A very different kind of urban leash-free zone
Public toilets, properly maintained, can free city dwellers from the tyranny of the bladder
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Great to see the Globe and Mail highlight the Toronto Public Space Committee's public toilet design contest. We will be featuring the winner in our fall issue.
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Johnston Canyon
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2024
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2024
May 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Johnston Canyon
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2024
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2024
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Oh, people in Wellington are complaining about a six-storey apartment building?
Anyway, I'm on top of a 39-storey tower in the Sen̓áḵw development in Vancouver.
It's built on Squamish Nation reserve land, which is exempt from city zoning and functionally NIMBY-proof.
Anyway, I'm on top of a 39-storey tower in the Sen̓áḵw development in Vancouver.
It's built on Squamish Nation reserve land, which is exempt from city zoning and functionally NIMBY-proof.
May 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Oh, people in Wellington are complaining about a six-storey apartment building?
Anyway, I'm on top of a 39-storey tower in the Sen̓áḵw development in Vancouver.
It's built on Squamish Nation reserve land, which is exempt from city zoning and functionally NIMBY-proof.
Anyway, I'm on top of a 39-storey tower in the Sen̓áḵw development in Vancouver.
It's built on Squamish Nation reserve land, which is exempt from city zoning and functionally NIMBY-proof.
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In conjunction with our new issue, "Civic Memories", Meg Sutton takes a look at the world's largest collection of specimens of the extinct passenger pigeon, at the @romtoronto.bsky.social , and a new plaque in Mimico about the tragic history of this once-abundant bird spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Preserving the memory of the passenger pigeon - Spacing Toronto
This story is published in conjunction with Spacing issue 70 (Spring 2025), “Civic Memories,” whose cover section focuses on Toronto collectors and collections. Amidst war stories and gloomy weather r...
spacing.ca
May 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In conjunction with our new issue, "Civic Memories", Meg Sutton takes a look at the world's largest collection of specimens of the extinct passenger pigeon, at the @romtoronto.bsky.social , and a new plaque in Mimico about the tragic history of this once-abundant bird spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Singers of Parkdale
May 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Singers of Parkdale
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Parallel Toronto policy: fine for transit fare evasion far higher than driver parking infractions. Always kid gloves w drivers.
This is an outrageous policy change. Also, if you’re gonna do this then you gotta do it for drivers, too right? Given those are obviously far far more dangerous vehicles.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...
Policy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Traffic Tickets, for Cyclists - Streetsblog New York City
Quietly, the NYPD has changed policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.
nyc.streetsblog.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Parallel Toronto policy: fine for transit fare evasion far higher than driver parking infractions. Always kid gloves w drivers.
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"A line repeated throughout the Indiana Jones film franchise has the fictional archaeologist exclaiming 'it belongs in a museum' ... If the character were real, he’d probably crack his whip at the Hudson’s Bay Company for trying to sell its royal charter"
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A safe harbour is needed for the Bay’s charter
The founding document of the Hudson’s Bay Company is a key part of Canada’s history – and should be on public view
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"A line repeated throughout the Indiana Jones film franchise has the fictional archaeologist exclaiming 'it belongs in a museum' ... If the character were real, he’d probably crack his whip at the Hudson’s Bay Company for trying to sell its royal charter"
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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No fun city. Councillor (& former cop) is pushing a plan that Toronto dance communities worried & organizing. Never say the NDP isn’t as puritanical as any perceived “conservative.” (NDP has been running this guy for 25 years trying to get him in somewhere).
April 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
No fun city. Councillor (& former cop) is pushing a plan that Toronto dance communities worried & organizing. Never say the NDP isn’t as puritanical as any perceived “conservative.” (NDP has been running this guy for 25 years trying to get him in somewhere).
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1082½ Queen St W
Mar 2016, Sep 2016, Oct 2016, Jan 2017
It's possible that this is the address that I've shot the most.
#photography #documentaryphotography
Mar 2016, Sep 2016, Oct 2016, Jan 2017
It's possible that this is the address that I've shot the most.
#photography #documentaryphotography
April 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
1082½ Queen St W
Mar 2016, Sep 2016, Oct 2016, Jan 2017
It's possible that this is the address that I've shot the most.
#photography #documentaryphotography
Mar 2016, Sep 2016, Oct 2016, Jan 2017
It's possible that this is the address that I've shot the most.
#photography #documentaryphotography
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Is every Canadian polling station on the nose? Feels kinda right tho, this time.
April 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Is every Canadian polling station on the nose? Feels kinda right tho, this time.
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The current proposal is for high-speed rail from Toronto to Quebec City, but the Liberal platform three times mentions Windsor to QC. Not clear if this indicates an expanded idea or just a sloppy edit
liberal.ca/wp-content/u...
liberal.ca/wp-content/u...
liberal.ca
April 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The current proposal is for high-speed rail from Toronto to Quebec City, but the Liberal platform three times mentions Windsor to QC. Not clear if this indicates an expanded idea or just a sloppy edit
liberal.ca/wp-content/u...
liberal.ca/wp-content/u...
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I counted the numbers of Bikes vs Cars on Bloor St, where
Doug Ford wants to remove the bike lanes that see some of the highest ridership in North America. During an average rush hour, I found 29 bikes and 24 cars over 2 minutes. All traffic modes were moving efficiently.
Doug Ford wants to remove the bike lanes that see some of the highest ridership in North America. During an average rush hour, I found 29 bikes and 24 cars over 2 minutes. All traffic modes were moving efficiently.
April 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I counted the numbers of Bikes vs Cars on Bloor St, where
Doug Ford wants to remove the bike lanes that see some of the highest ridership in North America. During an average rush hour, I found 29 bikes and 24 cars over 2 minutes. All traffic modes were moving efficiently.
Doug Ford wants to remove the bike lanes that see some of the highest ridership in North America. During an average rush hour, I found 29 bikes and 24 cars over 2 minutes. All traffic modes were moving efficiently.
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One of the strangest-feeling parts of the GTA is the rural pocket between Mississauga/Milton/Oakville. Rural but you can feel the megalopolis squeezing in. Speculative real estate. Boarded up homes. Feral gold courses. It’s wild.
April 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
One of the strangest-feeling parts of the GTA is the rural pocket between Mississauga/Milton/Oakville. Rural but you can feel the megalopolis squeezing in. Speculative real estate. Boarded up homes. Feral gold courses. It’s wild.
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I've often noted this: "56 percent of Americans prefer houses with small yards where it is easy to walk places ... But the supply of walkable neighborhoods, accounting for less than 10 percent of land in every metro region, is far below that of drive-only sprawl."
Why walkable places are good for children. “Despite [very weak] arguments that suburban sprawl is pro-family, children [and their parents] benefit from mixed-use, urban neighborhoods.” Via @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social.
And they didn’t even note which one better mitigates the #ClimateCrisis…
And they didn’t even note which one better mitigates the #ClimateCrisis…
Why walkable places are good for children
Despite arguments that sprawl is pro-family, children benefit from mixed-use, urban neighborhoods.
www.cnu.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I've often noted this: "56 percent of Americans prefer houses with small yards where it is easy to walk places ... But the supply of walkable neighborhoods, accounting for less than 10 percent of land in every metro region, is far below that of drive-only sprawl."
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Hello from Downtown Halifax
April 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hello from Downtown Halifax
Dropping off a few of my newest zine in Toronto Little Libraries #zines #TorontoHistory #PhilosophersWalk
April 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Dropping off a few of my newest zine in Toronto Little Libraries #zines #TorontoHistory #PhilosophersWalk
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Cities are missing from this federal election, writes senior editor John Loirinc [ @johnlorinc.bsky.social ]. With the debates this week, the parties still have time to advance urban-oriented platform planks.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
#TOpoli #ONpoli #CNDpoli
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
#TOpoli #ONpoli #CNDpoli
Cities are missing topic in the 2025 federal election campaign - Spacing Toronto
There’s nothing even the least bit surprising about the fact that cities, or urban affairs more generally, have had so little play in the federal election. Yes, all three major parties talk about hous...
spacing.ca
April 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Cities are missing from this federal election, writes senior editor John Loirinc [ @johnlorinc.bsky.social ]. With the debates this week, the parties still have time to advance urban-oriented platform planks.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
#TOpoli #ONpoli #CNDpoli
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
#TOpoli #ONpoli #CNDpoli
April 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I wish Toronto could be like Montreal, but awhile ago I wrote why I don't think that will ever happen (though I'd be happy to be proven wrong) smartpeopleiknow.com/2022/09/09/w...
April 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I wish Toronto could be like Montreal, but awhile ago I wrote why I don't think that will ever happen (though I'd be happy to be proven wrong) smartpeopleiknow.com/2022/09/09/w...