Dylan Reid
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From ![]() NEW! Everything is Everything … But the Details MatterFrom: Messy Cities |
Authors Alexandra Lambropoulous and Sami Ferwati argue that urban developments which ignore the local context of culture and socio-political dynamics will lead to failed urban spaces that lack … | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Flexible StreetsFrom: Messy Cities |
Dylan Reid writes about the accessibility of flexible streets for blind people, and the challenges that blurred boundaries between park, sidewalk, and street pose towards some pedestrians. | Dylan Reid | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Industrial Land’s Secret SauceFrom: Messy Cities |
Karen Chapple writes about the potential avenues for preserving existing messy but productive industrial spaces, while introducing innovation districts in cities around the world. | Dylan Reid | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! InterruptionsFrom: Messy Cities |
Zahra Ebrahim discusses how the infrastructure of the formerly industrial street she lives on positively affects interactions with her neighbours. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! IntroductionFrom: Messy Cities |
Co-editor Dylan Reid provides an overview of “messy urbanism”, explaining the overarching argument of the book which is that this disorder is necessary for cities to thrive. | Dylan Reid | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Leave the LeavesFrom: Messy Cities |
Lorraine Johnson writes about the benefits of leaf litter to local ecology in residential areas, and the ways this essential habitat is endangered in cities. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Living Loud: The Migration of a Steelpan SoundtrackFrom: Messy Cities |
Leslie Woo recounts her family gatherings in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Woo compares the noise present in their busy neighborhood in Trinidad to the lack of noise in Toronto. | Dylan Reid | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Mexico City’s Eclectic Apartment ArchitectureFrom: Messy Cities |
Daniel Gordon writes about Mexico City’s apartment architecture, and the design guidelines across Canada that would label them undesirable, inappropriate, and problematic. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! My TeacherFrom: Messy Cities |
Carolynne Crawley writes about Mama Snapping Turtle, who lives in Toronto’s High Park, and their advocacy work for further Turtle relatives in city parks. | Dylan Reid | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Non-humans (heard and Unheard)From: Messy Cities |
Kite and Robbie Wing discuss workshops they lead, combining Indigenous listening practices and the urban or built environment to inform each participant’s perception of the workshop. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Packrat CityFrom: Messy Cities |
Tatum Taylor Chaubal connects her “packrat” collecting tendencies with her role and values as a city heritage planner, advocating for these roles to include preserving the “messy urbanism” of the past. | Dylan Reid | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Painting the TownFrom: Messy Cities |
Dylan Reid and Leslie Woo discuss graffiti and its many qualities, and the case for street art in cities. | Dylan Reid | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Planning for an Unplanned CityFrom: Messy Cities |
Jason Thorne argues for factoring in “messy urbanism” and its challenges into how we plan our cities and to move away from a more top-down approach to city-building. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Public Health in the Post-Covid EraFrom: Messy Cities |
Dr. Andrew Boozary writes about how the pandemic illustrated that public health and equity in Canada do not meet the standards many Canadians expect. | Dylan Reid | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Rasta Cape TownFrom: Messy Cities |
Kofi Hope reflects on their experience living in Cape Town, South Africa, and how the Rastafarians they met there were messy urbanists: community builders, peacemakers, entrepreneurs, … | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Satisfying Our Thirst for AgencyFrom: Messy Cities |
Colin Ellard argues that our desire for messy cities is connected to the desire human beings feel towards the complexity of the natural world. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |




