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OpnCty

  1. A Hong Kong pocket park educates people on the adjacent neighbourhood's medicinal herb trade shar.es/qdE5f #cityreads
  2. Yikes. RT @SusanSemenak Venice in Montreal. Flash floods bring knee deep water to downtown core yfrog.com/nyfsvdbtj
  3. Toronto's changing face, pedestrian friendly Melbourne, itty bitty libraries, and David Byrne on biking opencityprojects.com/blog/news/open… #cityreads
  4. And a happy Bike Month to all you #bikeTO people. Safe and happy riding. But remember: every month is bike month, really.
  5. If you're in Toronto, be sure to check out @spacing's release party tomorrow at the @EvergreenCanada Brick Works spacingtoronto.ca/2012/05/28/spa…
  6. On the importance of paying attention to the smaller stuff when thinking about bicycle infrastructure spacingtoronto.ca/2012/05/24/let… via @spacing
  7. Interesting. RT @MikeSoron You can identify urban inequality from space. j.mp/KTtI0q #cities
  8. Remember, if you're in Toronto this weekend it's Doors Open, so go out and explore some of this city's architectural gems. #DOT12
  9. A new life for historic O’Keefe laneway spacingtoronto.ca/2012/05/25/a-n… via @spacing
  10. A traffic calming concrete block turned goofy chia pet style face in Toronto. twitter.com/OpnCty/status/…
  11. Scaffolding is normally pretty utilitarian, but a design competition in Copenhagen hopes to change that opencityprojects.com/blog/aesthetic…
  12. Cities need more pedestrian bulges like these to make it safer for people to cross the street. #walkability twitter.com/OpnCty/status/…
  13. Copenhagen residents brainstorm new uses for city scaffolding, from a pop-up cafe to a botanical garden. opencityprojects.com/blog/aesthetic… #cityreads
  14. Do more bike lanes & increased ridership lead to more collisions? New research says not necessarily. theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/0… via @e_jaffe
  15. The Trust for Public Land has introduced Parkscore & ranked the best parks in the US. theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/… (via @atlanticcities)
  16. This week's review features stories about smartphones in public space and eating lunch in the middle of the street opencityprojects.com/blog/news/open…