"...a textbook example of how to create a centre and sense of place, a task many Cdn towns, cities trying to confront"

ALEX BOZIKOVIC For decades, the main spot to find your neighbours in Newmarket was at the mall. This town of about 86,000, just 50 kilometres from Toronto, saw the same pattern of car-oriented growth that gutted many of Canada’s Victorian streetscapes. Upper Canada Mall, which opened in 1974, prospered; the dense, handsome Main Street, which dates back to the 1850s, was full of vacant stores. Now, the town’s leadership sees a need for change, trying to create public spaces where citizens – both millennial parents and youthful retired boomers – will want to hang out together. Read more: Urban park signals renewal in Newmarket

Modernist design and books bring a town together. My @globeandmail column: http://t.co/ru0XSgUEFT pic.twitter.com/r3YCeO93xe

— Alex Bozikovic (@alexbozikovic) October 6, 2015

"...textbook example of how to create a centre and sense of place, a task many Cdn towns, cities trying to confront" https://t.co/CEx3X7klFJ

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) October 9, 2015

Ontario Association of Landscape Architects

---