Behind the scenes in Queen Street West, Toronto: an urban design analysis of Rush Lane

For an assignment in an urban design course, graduate student Claire Harvey prepared a short video in support of her block analysis.

I felt that this was an outstanding presentation of an exploration of a space. The use of photos as walk-through vignettes within the space is great. Rush Lane is a laneway in behind Queen West in Toronto and it works because it exists “against” the more public spaces around it.

Rush Lane video

About Laura Taylor

I'm an associate professor and graduate planning program coordinator in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University. I am a planning consultant, too. This blog is to share my research on the politics of nature and the negotiation of landscape values in the city and city planning, with a keen interest in the urban-rural fringe and exurbia.
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