April 19, 2006 - The Toronto Star ran a really neat series this weekend called "What if Toronto...", which looks at some ambitious ideas to make Toronto more innovative and livable. The series reminds me of a recent book that I bought called "uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto", which has many of the same ideas that the series talked about. Some of the ideas are a little out there, but many deserve some serious thought. Imagine turning the Rogers Centre (I still like the name Skydome better) into affordable housing; or a subway that goes from the airport all the way to the zoo; or a network of elevated bikeways that criss-cross the city and allow cyclists to ride throughout the year. Impossible? not really - all we need is just a little imagination.
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