This is one of eight . . .count 'em eight, Jane's Walks in Victoria! This walk features old residential streets with tons of character and boulevard gardens.For details, check out the Jane's Walk site Victoria page. Guest Author BioSoren Henrich Soren Henrich, communication … [Read more...]
Get out and walk: Planning your first Jane’s Walk
Each year Jane’s Walks are hosted worldwide to draw citizens into conversation about the spaces we live in, to encourage exploration and to build connections. The walks can take on a variety of themes, and are very much shaped by the leader and participants. The walks are hosted … [Read more...]
A Centennial placemaking opportunity in Oak Bay?
It's not as sketchy as Trevor Noah taking over the Daily Show, but I do wonder why access to Oak Bay's famed 6.8 km Centennial Trail from the west is only by way of a death-defying jaywalk across an often-busy strip of Foul Bay Road, at a corner, no less (Foul Bay at Brighton; … [Read more...]
Not all Spaces are Places
One of the key ideas in all fields of creativity is White Space. Claude Debussy said, “Music is the space between the note," while Miles Davis put it as, “Don't play what's there, play what's not there.” Typography devotes enormous attention to spaces—spaces between paragraphs, … [Read more...]
Defensive Architecture
The Current on CBC just broadcast this discussion on defensive architecture. It is important and relevant for us to think about the role of urban design in shaping who is welcome and who is not. The spaces we create are never neutral, and are always 'for' a particular use or … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- Next Page »
