Tag: Toronto - Page 13
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More Bikes At Work At G20 in Toronto
The use of bikes for crowd control and intimidation at the Toronto G20 is completely fascinating. Waves of them, parades of them, bikes everywhere. I wouldn't think they are very useful; unlike a big,
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A Picture Is Worth...Toronto Preparing For A Riot At G20
I find this picture in BlogTOby Ronnie Yip to be extraordinary; The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, a well-known group of rabble-rousers is preparing to march, and the police are out in force. But unlike the Battle of Seattle, the police are out to
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Why Can't The G8 and G20 Just Phone It In?
This is the new postcard view of Toronto's CN Tower, as the downtown core of the city is surrounded by "recyclable" fencing for the Billion Dollar Summit. David Frum asks,"Couldn't the G20 meet by teleconference?"
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Candidate for Mayor In Toronto Proposes Turning Elevated Expressway into Park
Just this past weekend, while riding with Toronto Architect Martin Kohn, we were discussing how Toronto's elevated Gardiner Expressway would make a wonderful park, cycle route and perhaps even light rail corridor; of course it was a dream, nobody would
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The Farmers' Market of the Future
Years ago, the City of Toronto knocked down a lovely old market building to create a one storey concrete shed of a market that was a perfect embodiment of Toronto at the time: cheap, expedient and ugly. But now the city
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13,000 Cyclists Take Over Toronto Highways
We often complain about how Toronto favours the driver over the cyclist, but for one day a year cyclists rule the city as the two main highways are closed down for the Becel Ride for the Heart, a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation sponsored
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LivingHomes and Nexterra Green Homes Team Up To Do Modern Green Prefab Right
TreeHugger has been a big fan of Steve Glenn and his Living Homes since it started. But when I first heard that they were coming to Canada I was a bit dubious, after a few years of working in the business here. I had concerns about the level of
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D. Tobias Wong 1974-2010
So often in the past few years, if you saw a product designed with style, humour and an environmental message, the designer was Tobias Wong. It started on TreeHugger with the Sun Jar.
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Modern Green Prefab Works For Retail, Too
In January I visited Toronto's Urban Mode for the opening of their new Blu Dot showroom, which I thought was very attractive. What I didn't know until I was researching the new Sustain Trio MiniHome was that it was a green prefab! Blu Dot co-founder
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Spectacular Green Roof Installed At Toronto City Hall
When Viljo Revell designed Toronto City Hall back in the sixties, the podium roof was for grand entries; you could drive up the ramp and walk right into the Council Chambers. It never quite worked out that way and was pretty
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Dead Cyclist Blamed For The Whole Thing As Former AG Gets Off
As we noted in September, the story of Michael Bryant and the Late Darcy Alan Sheppard is complicated. New evidence has come out that shows Sheppard berating a BMW driver a few weeks before his death. The Post says he
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No Trial for Attorney General Who Killed Cyclist
Former Attorney General Michael Bryant was driving through a busy shopping street in Toronto in his Saab convertible when he had words with cycle courier Darcy Allan Sheppard. The next thing we all knew, Sheppard had been dragged
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Brewers Plate Celebrates Spring With Local Food Plus
When I was first invited to the Brewers Plate in Toronto two years ago, I thought they were nuts, trying to put together an event celebrating local Ontario food before even the asparagus was poking out of the ground. Now
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How To Make A Tiny Shed Feel Like A Luxury Addition
Why is there such a proliferation of garden shed designs? Because in most places a shed under 100 square feet is unregulated by zoning or building code rules. It is essentially not a building. Martin Liefhebber of Breathe Architects pushes the envelope
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Bike Moves: Cyclist Carries Entire Booth For Green Living Show on Cargo Bike
There were lots of interesting bikes at Toronto's Green Living Show,(more below the fold) but Reba from the Urbane Cyclist carried it one step further: Her entire 10x10 booth was brought to the show in one trip by cargo bike and trailer. She has a
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Professor "Sees Red over Green Building"
Professor Dan Harvey of the University of Toronto is interviewed in the Globe and Mail about green buildings, and how we are blowing it:
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Is Biodynamic and Organic Wine Still Green If It Is Shipped Halfway Around The World?
Wine is tough. We really should drink local in refillable bottles. Since we cannot do that, we should take into account the carbon footprint of its travel. If you are in New York, Pablo calculates that a bottle of Australian
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Laneway House By Superkül on World's Greenest Homes
When I first saw the name Superkül on a house in Toronto I wondered how architecture firm could be taken seriously with a name like that. Then TreeHugger founder Graham Hill introduced me to the
