An interesting floor plan from a newer apartment building in LA

Harriet Tubman used Opium tonic or paregorics to knock babies out so that they could remain silent while smuggling them on the Underground Railroad.

Premier Ford wants a mandate to keep his decisions to hurt #Ontario families secret for four more years. Sign the Letter: SaveScienceCentre.com Read the article too ⬇️ canadianarchitect.com/ontarios-kafka…

Heritage advocate Catherine Nasmith on how it’s time to make building demolition the exception, not the rule. canadianarchitect.com/op-ed-its-time… canadianarchitect.com/op-ed-its-time…

Three Indigenous premiers heading into the White House. Wab Kinew R.J. Simpson

Utrecht NL is about to build the largest Dutch car-free neighbourhood. 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21.5K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on edge nltimes.nl/2025/02/25/utr…

🇨🇦 CANADIAN SHOPPING GUIDE 🇨🇦 Want to support Canadian companies? Here are some Canadian businesses that sell high quality menswear. Some also carry womenswear. 🧵

How can we do this?

Funny story: I highlighted to our school/City that bike parking is awkwardly jammed up with strollers. Big thanks Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects staff responded in record time and we got a new rack within a week. Turns out strollers slot efficiently into the new racks with room to spare! 🤣

It’s incredibly insane how all women understand what she’s talking about but men seem to just not get it. The male brain is interesting.

"Where's A Public Library"? The TPL showed us around 1975 with these really cool maps! (Toronto Public Library)

A spotlight on King Spadina. My manager Nasim Adab hosted a walk and talk with our new Chief Planner who is eager to see what we’ve been up to. Find the full thread and walk map on Blue Sky. Great heritage district with great new development, secret midblock connections…

11. When you need help at a train station in Japan, customer service literally pops out of the wall.

Highlights from our Jane’s Walk along the new river and island - Ookwemin Minising. Fantastic to gather and enjoy a marching band and great company - over 200 people. See you at the Parks opening this summer! Find me on Blue Sky to see the complete photo dump🙏

"An eye-catching new BYU study shows just how different the experience of walking home at night is for women versus men." news.byu.edu/intellect/stud…

This isn’t the parade (yet) it’s just hundreds of people casually enjoying a non-eventful Thursday night on Toronto’s most vibrant corridor. Why can’t we keep the streets open to pedestrians all summer? We’ve seen how well it works in Montréal. Happy Pride friends♥️🌈