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Who are public spaces – like parks or transit systems – designed for? 🌳
They are often the best parts of a city. But during the pandemic, many of us started to realize how our public spaces weren’t quite working for us.
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They are often the best parts of a city. But during the pandemic, many of us started to realize how our public spaces weren’t quite working for us.
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In the latest episode of #CitySpace, @AdrianKLee talks to three experts about how public spaces are failing people in ways we might not often consider.
"Truly accessible and public spaces should be our number one priority."
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"Truly accessible and public spaces should be our number one priority."
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🔊 Adri Stark, @Park_People project manager: "Parks, at their worst, are really places for no one. We see that with defensive design – the classic example is a park bench with an extra arm rest in the middle that prevents people from lying down."
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A generation ago, a middle-class income could buy you a detached home in a big city.
Now?
Folks are finding they need to set their sights further and further away from any downtown centre if they want to hold fast to that dream.
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Now?
Folks are finding they need to set their sights further and further away from any downtown centre if they want to hold fast to that dream.
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But as populations and climate emergencies rise, experts tell us that urban densification is the necessary path forward.
So what do cities have to do to retain the middle-class?
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So what do cities have to do to retain the middle-class?
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And how, exactly, does the middle-class break their addiction to personal space and redefine “making it” when it comes to acquiring housing?
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Introducing City Space – a new podcast from The Globe and Mail about how to make our cities better, hosted by @AdrianKLee.
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Join host @AdrianKLee for 6 episodes as he speaks to global experts and those close to home to learn what our cities are doing right and what we're missing.
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From accessibility to housing to transit, each episode will consider what truly makes a city run well, look to our global neighbours on what they’re getting right and deliberate on how to make the best cities we can.
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