“Benches aren’t just disappearing from large railroad stations, but also from subways, parks, plazas, sidewalks, and esplanades…in the past decade, across the U.S., hundreds of places to sit in public have quietly disappeared.”
The Disappearance of the Public Bench.
By @placesjournal.bsky.social
Posts by Catherine Boucher
I believe her
still has to go to committee and council 🤞
Finally, they listened! We are getting U/G connection from Carling LRT to hospital!
"feedback from the public and stakeholders indicated strong
support for a tunnel solution because of its more direct, seamless, and intuitive user
experience."
Wet towel in space: NASA astronaut demonstrates how surface tension forms a perfect water sphere in microgravity at the ISS
Every politician & Ontarian should call this the Doug Effect.
I feel that way in 🇨🇦when I see our flag on a F-150
Perfect splashdown!
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So glad the publicly run SCS are closed so we can all feel safer🤪🤯
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@ccochousing.bsky.social
who’s next? Cheryl Gallant?
Yes!
americans only save the world in movies
Building proper public infrastructure that can withstand the challenges of downtown Ottawa is expensive — but the alternative is unacceptable. Public washrooms are a human right and a basic need.
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Goodbye beautiful man. RIP
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Turning myself in later today🍿
A week on planet earth. This animated map shows the global temperatures in early March of 2026. Source: buff.ly/1vWiatQ
No thank you
This was entirely predictable. And now we are mourning the loss of an Ottawa crossing guard who was just trying to keep kids safe. Shame on the Ford government for putting populist politics over people’s lives. ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...
This is where I get to say "Told you so".
Don't do it. We can't have a liveable vertical city with bad social infrastructure.
break a leg !
A "beg button" on a pole that is frozen over and covered in ice and snow.
Dear all cities: stop installing mandatory beg buttons. Thanks for coming to my urbanism lecture.
*RUMP ADMINISTRATION BETRAYAL, MURDEROUS SABOTAGE
the comments tell all😶
just plainly evil.
Turn William Street into a pop-up used car dealership
A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”
This is from 1975.