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ESSAYS AND OPINION

Essays

• When Will the West Be One (2003)
  KRISTEN KEERMA -- Vancouver, Canada's fragmented West Coast metropolis.
• The Battle for Identity (2002)
  COLIN KENT -- Is Toronto in peril, as many believe, or is it hurting itself?
• Creating Authentic Places (2002)
  CHRIS SZABLA -- On the attempts by cities to artificially create a sense of place.
• NIMBY? No Thanks (2002)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- The Not-In-My-Backyard syndrome
• The Case for Pedestrianisation (2001)
  SHANNON MEDLOCK -- Why streets should be given to pedestrians.
• The Idea of Openness (2001)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- Why "open space" shouldn't an urban panacea
• Dispelling the Density Myths  (2001)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- Density isn't something to fear
• Bringing Back Downtown (2001)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- The keys to downtown revitalisation
• Street Selling (2001)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- Street vendors shouldn't be overly regulated
• Robert Moses With a Pen (2001)
  MICHAEL MCKENNA -- Montreal's amalgamation with its suburbs is wrong.
• San Francisco's Mistake (2001)
  STEVE BOLAND -- San Francisco is on track to becoming its own worst enemy.
• Chicago's Ready for Reform (2000)
  PAYTON CHUNG -- New zoning changes could make Chicago a better city.
• From Poor Folks to Homeowners (2000)
  MARK GROTKIEWICZ -- The evolution of Polish immigrant housing.
• G.I.S. (2000)
  SEAN BREAZEAL -- The Geographic Information System and urban planning.
• How the Mall Wrecked Washington (2000)
  CHRIS SZABLA -- Why Washington, DC would be better off without its Mall.
• The Role of the Modern American Downtown (2000)
  CHRIS SZABLA -- How downtowns came into being and their roles today.
• Streetcars of Toronto (2000)
  ROB HUTCHINSON -- The basics of Toronto's massive streetcar system.
• Suburbia and the Public Realm (2000)
  PAYTON CHUNG -- Suburbia and its role in our loss of the public realm.
• Utah's Love-Hate Affair with Mass Transit (2000)
  SEAN BREAZEAL -- The death and life of transit in Utah and Salt Lake City.
• The Effects of Sprawl on the Urban Environment (1999)
  WAYNE HURLEY -- How public transit is affected by sprawl.
• Streetscapes (1999)
  MARK GROTKIEWICZ -- The fundamentals of a good streetscape.
• Urban Decay in the American City (1999)
  MARK GROTKIEWICZ -- Decay in American cities, particularily Milwaukee.

Interviews

• West End (2001)
  With Maurice Jassak, webmaster of See the West End
• Carfree Cities (2000)
  With J.H. Crawford, author of Carfree Cities.

Criticism

• Sidewalk life and sidewalk people (2001)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- "Sidewalk"
• The evolution of American cities (2001)
  SEAN MCKINNISS -- "The Making of Urban America"
• Good husbands make good cities (2001)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- "Cities Back from the Edge"
• Power to the people (2001)
  SEAN MCKINNISS -- "New York: A Documentary Film"

Offsite articles

• The road to Montreal (2003, Montreal Gazette)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- People trickling back to Montreal
• La belle ville (2003, Maisonneuve)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- What's on your balcony?
• Why New Urbanism fails (2002, Planetizen)
  CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF -- Same old suburbia, new design

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