Andrés Duany, co-founder of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU), discusses the prospects for New Urbanism within local government. Andrés suggests that local communities need to be more flexible organizations in the 21st century amidst ongoing economic constraints. “Lean Urbanism” outlines several promising techniques for building resilient communities, including Tactical Urbanism, Code-Free Zones, “Pink Codes”,…
Check our latest neighbourhood guide for Saskatoon, the community of Sutherland. We show you where to shop, eat, and what to explore.
We’ll let Jennifer Keesmat explain Toronto chief planner Jennifer Keesmat cites the shadow that a structure like the Gardiner casts on the street below. She also brandishes one of the chief arguments for building Toronto’s LRTs in the first place. “From a land use planning perspective, if our objective in integrating higher order transit…
density / downtown / politics / real estate / urban planning
Our mayor, Don Atchison has a vision for 10,000 people to live downtown. A vision is nice but we don’t really have a plan for it and one of the reasons is it would be a massive undertaking. It’s more than a couple of towers, it would be a massive redevelopment of most of downtown.…
Christ Church Anglican in Caswell Hill. Photo Credit: Jordon Cooper/Flickr
A bunch of decommissioned Fokker F-28 airplanes that used to belong to Canadian Regional Airlines were parked and abandoned outside a hanger in Saskatoon back in 2007. Wendy and I took some shots of them before they deteriorate any more. The logos and markings had been painted over but several years in the elements have…
We continue the OurYXE Neighborhood Guides with the beautiful Caswell Hill. Just located to the north and west of Downtown Saskatoon, Caswell has come alive in recent years with a variety of homes being restored and new ones being rebuilt. It features excellent food, wonderful architecture, a rich history, and probably the best park in…
As someone who uses the bus on an occasional basis – I used to be a daily rider, but am now able to carpool – I’ve witnessed changes to the transit system in Saskatoon over the last twelve years. While things have improved, it’s not by very much compared with other metropoli, and I fear…
OurYXE profiles the historic neighbourhood of City Park. Once home to the Saskatoon Exhibition, one of Saskatoon’s first golf courses, and now two of the finest coffeehouses in Saskatoon, City Park is one of Saskatoon’s most interesting and well designed neighbourhoods.
Here’s a bit of Friday city fun that incorporates the Olympics. The New York Times has visualized several winter sports venues plunked down in the centre of New York City. I’m amazed by the size of the downhill run.
Edmonton can relate to our cold climate and miserable winters but they aren’t taking it anymore. Here is a tip on winterizing your deck, something I wish some Saskatoon restaurants would try. It’s January in Edmonton, and a quick glance outside your window may find a once-lush and lively deck now slumbering peacefully under a…
A great ebook that demonstrates how protected bike lanes can bring economic gain and vibrancy into neighbourhood businesses. FUELING REDEVELOPMENT TO BOOST REAL ESTATE VALUE As city populations grow, motor vehicle congestion increases. New roads are rarely an option in mature cities. Protected bike lanes bring order and predictability to streets and provide transportation choices…
There are exciting residential areas to write about and then there is the North Downtown (or what used to be called the Central Industrial Area). Only a few hundred residents, it is nestled east of Idylwyld, west or Warman Road and 2nd Avenue and bordered in the north by 33rd Street. Most of us drive by…
Well our trip to Nutana didn’t work out so well. Some Temperance Colonists saw Sean crack a beer at the Yard and Flagon and chased us back across the river. After a brief stop downtown, I headed back to my home neighbourhood of Mayfair where I had a long look around at what one of…
Does Saskatoon have an obligation to help smaller surrounding centres that may be struggling? Struggling places that surround prosperous communities may not be interested in seeing those successful towns improve any further. That’s not necessarily out of malice, nor may it even be explicitly considered. It’s simply an implicit incentive, and has a certain amount…
