@NovakovicTO

Cities + Architecture

 Toronto
Joined November 2015
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A preview of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. After all this, there's actually something to look forward to. azuremagazine.com/article/th…
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A contrast to my apartment complex here in Toronto. There’s only bench outside, which is actually a popular evening gathering spot. But it’s surrounded by driveways, and all the greenery is just drive-by beautification, not useful shade. Huge differences from small things. 2/2
A bench surrounded by flowers and driveways in full sun

ALT A bench surrounded by flowers and driveways in full sun

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Valencia strikes me as a great city for seniors; They’re out here and they’re vibing. There’s lots of factors (from affordability and social welfare to density and walkability) but I also notice little things about the public realm, like multiple benches and plenty of shade. 1/2
Public square in Valencia, with a group of seniors gathered around a bench.

ALT Public square in Valencia, with a group of seniors gathered around a bench.

View of a group of seniors in Valencia sitting at a public bench

ALT View of a group of seniors in Valencia sitting at a public bench

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Vancouverism!
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What is a civic design culture — or the lack thereof? This anecdote from @alexbozikovic is a crystal clear distillation: theglobeandmail.com/canada/t…
CCXA promises to carry on this communal legacy. With luck, our governments will appreciate it, too. Last summer, Mr. Cormier was terminally ill with cancer, but he came to Toronto for the opening of CCXA’s Love Park. There, he asked me to introduce him to the head of Toronto’s Parks, Forestry & Recreation. After 15 years of his work in Toronto, he said, they’d never met. Four politicians gave speeches that day. No one invited him to speak.

ALT CCXA promises to carry on this communal legacy. With luck, our governments will appreciate it, too. Last summer, Mr. Cormier was terminally ill with cancer, but he came to Toronto for the opening of CCXA’s Love Park. There, he asked me to introduce him to the head of Toronto’s Parks, Forestry & Recreation. After 15 years of his work in Toronto, he said, they’d never met. Four politicians gave speeches that day. No one invited him to speak.

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Two kinds of Toronto. Our ability to reconcile — or not — the huge disparities in scale and density between these two forms will define the city for the 21st century. (Thanks @anotherglassbox for the tour!)
An aerial view of the midtown Toronto skyline from the west, with low rise homes in the foreground

ALT An aerial view of the midtown Toronto skyline from the west, with low rise homes in the foreground

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Mass transit.
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Waiting for the Detroit People Mover.
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The F Gates at Pearson Airport are an extraordinary feat of value engineering. Literally walking through a series of shipping containers to get to the plane.
View from an airplane window of gate F 99 at Pearson airport, Terminal 1

ALT View from an airplane window of gate F 99 at Pearson airport, Terminal 1

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The geography of global trade. Approaching the Port of Singapore — the world’s busiest transshipment hub — from above. An absolutely staggering array of vessels.
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The night economy. Taipei’s Ningxia Night Market.
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Toronto Frankenstein at Bathurst and Harbord. The stories of an apartment building facade subsumed into a house form.
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