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The most egregious example of “demolition by neglect” that I have ever seen.

I asked my kid what she wanted to do on this rainy day and she said “go to the science centre” 😭😭😭

The cold chain has changed our cities and our lives; we now drive big cars to big box supermarkets to fill our big fridges. It's a vast, secret world explained by nicolatwilley in "Frostbite." lloydalter.substack.com/p/reading-fros…

I am so proud of my granddaughter here, and just reading the comments on my daughter's posts, I realize why I don't hang out on twitter anymore, who are these people?

A number of factors suggest that we need to upgrade the soundproofing standards in our housing: more wood construction, louder home theatres, and most importantly, demographics, the ever-increasing number of aging baby boomers with lousy hearing. lloydalter.substack.com/p/aging-boomer…

Some thoughts on why houses should be built on stilts: lloydalter.substack.com/p/why-houses-s…

I have always liked at this building, and can imagine the client telling the architect “give me a strip mall. And an office building. And an apartment building.” Each third is a perfect representation of how they were done at the time. It’s an icon.

The world is apparently agog that musician Niall Horan recently had to walk to his gig at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena because of traffic congestion. Really, the whiners should all move to Detroit. lloydalter.substack.com/p/in-praise-of…

I blurbed for the cover of Timber!: "Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 's engaging and accessible book explains how building materials that are grown instead of mined can change buildings from being a climate problem to part of the solution.” lloydalter.substack.com/p/timber

On a recent visit to North America, a bad traffic jam forced international pop start Niall Horan to do the unthinkable: walk 300 meters on a public sidewalk. @[email protected] explains why this isn't a bad thing. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/07/10/in-…

I recently reviewed Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 book Timber! in which he extols the virtues of mass timber as carbon storage. I have been writing about wood from a #sufficiency point of view: wood is wonderful, but we should still strive to use as little as possible. lloydalter.substack.com/p/how-good-is-…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is trying to kill us, making beer and wine more available, closing emergency rooms, and raising speed limits on many highways. Maybe instead, we should be slowing down, to save fuel, upfront carbon, and lives. lloydalter.substack.com/p/in-praise-of…

Many disagreed with my article “in praise of traffic congestion” which got picked up by Streetsblog USA . Now they can yell at the radio too! I am on CBC Metro morning at 6:40 AM Monday talking about it. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… article: usa.streetsblog.org/2024/07/10/in-…

I liked the idea of an urban planner being on council, but Bradford, who voted for this stupid highway and worked at city hall, does nothing but campaign for Mayor. He is an embarrassment.

In Toronto, another cyclist has been murdered by the construction industry that puts money ahead of lives and the government that won't legislate side guards or decent visibility for trucks. I wrote about this last year: lloydalter.substack.com/p/another-cycl…

I've admired Facit Homes technology since 2007 when I wrote, "this is truly the future." I am excited to see it breaking out to a larger market; the time is right for this new form of digitally manufactured housing. lloydalter.substack.com/p/facit-techno…

Americans Too Old To Be Driving Risk It Anyway Because Living Without A Car Is Miserable And Dangerous jalopnik.com/americans-too-… #lyft #oldage

Hey CBC if you keep running Air Canada ads over the opening ceremonies I will never fly with them again

Treehugger, the site I worked for since shortly after it started, went live 20 years ago this month. It was never taken seriously but we were serious about "driving sustainability mainstream." Thank you, Graham Hill I wrote this ten years ago today: treehugger.com/happy-birthday…

Forget the JD Vance jokes, furniture matters. The Toronto Blue Jays ripped out all the regular seats and replaced them with barcaloungers behind first base and all of us plebs seethe and resent that they are empty and the home base lady is gone. I even get mad at my TD (Canada).