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January/February 2008:
Cities Special
"Standing in that blizzard at 2:30 in the morning, wearing a baby-doll nightgown, holding a pink Princess telephone while my Volvo was pulled out of the snow, it occurred to me that this was the logical end of something."
-Don Gillmor in "The Events Leading Up to Sir Norman Foster"
January/February 2008:
Cities Special
Whyte Avenue Blue
by Greg Hollingshead
A Walrus Canada noir tale: Egregiousness... in Edmonton!…[more]
Walrus Reads
Book Review: Urban Meltdown -
Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual
by Jan Dutkiewicz
…[more]
More Stories in this issue
Urban Planning
The Aging City
by John Lorinc
Can the urban spaces handle legions of retiring boomers?…[more]
Architecture
For Everyone A Garden
by Adele Weder
The failed dream of Montreal’s Habitat ‘67.
…[more]
Cities
Toronto: Justice Denied
by Mark Kingwell
Is Toronto being taken over by hucksters,
fauxhemians, and the “knowledge economy”?…[more]
Letters
January/February 2008
by The Walrus Readers
Bravo! The Special Arctic Issue (November) is a richly nuanced and varied entrée into northern life and issues.…[more]
Homes
Me Want More Square Footage!
by Charles Montgomery
Why following the urge to buy big might not make you happy…[more]
Online Exclusive
Exclusive Photos: Kenya on the Brink
by Arno Kopecky
An exclusive photo gallery and essay traces the post-election violence in Kenya…[more]
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Field Notes
The Windy Necropolis
by Dennis Duffy
Want to know how a city used to work? Talk to the dead…[more]
Walrus Reads
Book Review: All Our Sisters - Stories of Homelesss Women in Canada
by Ariel Brewster
Our Sisters: Stories of Homeless Women in Canada by Susan Scott Broadview (2007), 210…[more]
Cities
Calgary: The Events Leading Up To Sir Norman Foster
by Don Gillmor
A British architect, oil barons, an urban vision, and creeping liberalism: what is the future for Cowtown?…[more]
Dark Cities
Red Carpet Caper
by Donna Morrissey
A Walrus Canada Noir tale: Horror... in Halifax!…[more]
Online Exclusive
Online Exclusive: My Dinner With Bob
by Peter Valing
Our author meets Bob, the former carnival ride operator from Vancouver…[more]
Urban Planning
Street Smarts
by Ariel Brewster, Jan Dutkiewicz,
and Claire Hastings
Half of the world’s population now lives in cities. How do they make it work?…[more]
Online Exclusive
A Brief Interview with Julie Doucet
by Paul Isaacs
Optimism, slowness, and why comic books still pay better than contemporary art. …[more]
Walrus Reads
Book Review: The Culprits
by Danielle Groen
The Culprits by Robert Hough Random House Canada (2007), 303 pp. Strange hands…[more]
Sightings
Puzzling Ethnicity
by Ken Alexander
As the debate over “the reasonable accommodation of
minority groups” indicates, diversity in Canada is troubled thing…[more]
Walrus Reads
Book Review: The Warhol Economy
by Daniel Baird
The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City by Elizabeth Currid Princeton UP (2007), 258 pp.…[more]
Detail
Revealing Urban Colours
by Todd Falkowsky
Capturing the essence of a city. » View Photo Gallery «
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