Dylan Reid

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A Beach Like No Other
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A Beach Like No Other

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Shari Kasman writes about Bloordale Beach, a guerrilla art project that grew organically among the community as a creative placemaking initiative. 9 $0.90 Add
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A Farewell to El Gran Burrito
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A Farewell to El Gran Burrito

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The authors lament the loss of a beloved burrito establishment, unique in design and how it co-existed with its surroundings in a gentrifying Los Angeles neighbourhood. 5 $0.50 Add
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A Food Map of Toronto
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A Food Map of Toronto

From: Messy Cities

Karon Liu discusses their mental map of Toronto according to grocery stores, restaurants, and hidden gems. 6 $0.60 Add
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A Lifeline at the Door
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A Lifeline at the Door

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Dr. Eileen de Villa writes about supervised consumption sites, their importance to the physical health, mental wellbeing, and community of their clients, as well as their perceived messiness by others. 5 $0.50 Add
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An Argument Worth Having
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An Argument Worth Having

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Chiyi Tam explains how conflict within communities has the capacity to net positive and democratic results, using her role in the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust as a key example. 8 $0.80 Add
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Another Fine Mess About Regionalism
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Another Fine Mess About Regionalism

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Sabine Matheson writes about her experience as an advisor to the government that debated the amalgamation of Toronto in the late 1990’s. 5 $0.50 Add
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Banquets and Belonging
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Banquets and Belonging

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Sneha Mandhan writes about the cultural significance of banquet halls and convention centres. 11 $1.10 Add
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Beyond the Lawn: Meadow or Mess?
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Beyond the Lawn: Meadow or Mess?

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Nina-Marie E. Lister writes about challenges posed by Toronto’s bylaw enforcements officers who attempt to regulate yards and gardens on private property. 10 $1.00 Add
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Chaotic Unregulated Tokyo: The Quintessentially Messy City?
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Chaotic Unregulated Tokyo: The Quintessentially Messy City?

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Andre Sorensen argues that Tokyo is often praised by tourists as the quintessential messy city with no zoning laws, while Japan in fact operates strict zoning systems that are completely … 6 $0.60 Add
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Cities for Women and Girls
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Cities for Women and Girls

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ElsaMarie D’Silva writes about the danger that crowded public spaces and transport potentially hold for female bodies, and that the chaotic nature of urban life can endanger vulnerable targets further. 7 $0.70 Add
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Conclusion: Whose Messiness Is This, Anyway?
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Conclusion: Whose Messiness Is This, Anyway?

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The editors of Messy Cities advocate for messy conditions which provide the opportunity for local and institutional change. 6 $0.60 Add
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Confessions of a First-Time Parade Organizer
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Confessions of a First-Time Parade Organizer

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Zahra Ebrahim writes about organizing a parade in her Toronto west end neighbourhood of the Junction Triangle, its route around infrastructure, and the vibrant community celebration that ensued. 8 $0.80 Add
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Conjay’s First Walk Home
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Conjay’s First Walk Home

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Tura Cousins Wilson and Shane Laptiste explore Little Jamaica in Toronto’s historic Caribbean community, and trace its history from the 1960’s to its imagined future in 2035. 7 $0.70 Add
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Designing Out Disorder
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Designing Out Disorder

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Cara Chellew writes about defensive urbanism, and the ways that attempts to control public space reduces its flexibility, threatening its social and political dimensions. 6 $0.60 Add
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Desire Lines in the Sand
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Desire Lines in the Sand

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Wesley Lincoln Reibeling explains how desire lines symbolize the spaces that queer people have carved for themselves outside conventional planning norms in society, and uses Hanlan’s Point on … 9 $0.90 Add
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Dixie Road
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Dixie Road

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Fadi Masoud details how suburbs, like the ones on the edges of Toronto, are crucial entry points for immigrants, in spite of these spaces facing social and infrastructural challenges. 6 $0.60 Add