Jason Thorne

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Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto (@JasonThorne.bsky.social)
Just another Sunday at Zürich Hauptbahnhof … 60 departures in the next 45 minutes.
The Craven Road community art gallery (Toronto).
Freddie in Leslieville (Toronto).
Jackson Place Laneway digital collages in the Junction … by artists Daniel Mazzone and Benjamin Mitchley.
Winter Stations is back! Toronto’s annual exhibition of temporary outdoor art installations at Woodbine Beach launches Feb. 16. I got to be part of this year’s jury, and here’s some of the winning entries that you’ll be seeing!

“New ideas must use old buildings” - Jane Jacobs.

The 1907 Home Furniture Carpet building on Queen Street East in Toronto will soon be the location of a new public library.

Lace fence by Rotterdam-based artist collective Demakersvan at Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park in North York, Toronto.
“Give way” … one bus equals 80 cars and 80 people (on the back of all the city buses in Baku).
“By reading this plaque, you have made a valuable addition to the number of people who have read this plaque” … an important heritage moment on the streets of Toronto (by artist Sarah Lazarovic).
Holiday reading.