by Mark Douglas Wessel | Sep 11, 2019 | Stories
Original source: Postmedia network Why is it that when colour blind people are able to see colours for the first time, they’re overwhelmed with emotion? How do you explain why depressed people can’t see colours the way non depressed people do? What is the logic behind...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Aug 19, 2019 | Stories
Original source : Postmedia network To give you an idea of just how car-centric our cities have become, in several major urban centres around the world, including Toronto, between 30-35 percent of the municipal footprint is specifically devoted to roads for cars....
by Mark Douglas Wessel | May 9, 2019 | Stories
Original source: Child in the City We intrinsically know that cities are made up of bricks and mortar… from buildings, bridges and highways to other hard assets. But increasingly, urbanists are using the analogy of a ‘living organism’ to describe cities, reflecting...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Sep 10, 2018 | Stories
Original source: Postmedia network If you live in an urban setting, then whether you know it or not that tree on your property big or small, is part of an urban forest. And while many of us have difficulty grasping the concept of an urban forest (we literally can’t...
