Matt Armstrong

@matta7.bsky.social

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Tall City Planner, Tkaronto (Toronto). He/him. Formerly & fondly a resident of Hamilton, Ontario & London, UK.

Photo of lots of bikes at a bike share station along a downtown Toronto street
Photo of the Toronto skyline from Biidaasige Park
Photo of a small part in front of a large box
Photo of a delivery box
Video of a lovely garden along a laneway
Video of many many people on bicycles with lights & sound systems, on a public street
Photo of a cute Fiat 500 electric car in front of a brick building
Photo of a small ambulance navigating a big crowd
Video of a cycling dj leading a contingent of people walking, carrying placards representing queer buildings & spaces in Toronto. A big crowd cheers them on
Photo of a large crowd in a park facing an inflatable movie screen.
Photo of a street at dusk, open to pedestrians. There are a lot of people in the photo
Photo of people playing casual soccer while drinking iced coffee, on a street recently opened to pedestrians
Photo of a 4 storey building under construction
Google streetview image showing a parking lot and empty single-storey commercial building.
Photo of a sign post with infographics of a streetcar, soccer / football pitch, & an arrow.
Photo showing 3 cars parked on a street. Two smaller cars on the right, take up similar space to the car on the left.
Photo of a small delivery truck with a cab-over design
Photo of a large delivery truck, attempting to turn from a narrow city lane, to a narrow travel lane, without hitting a transit shelter.
Photo of the ground with a dead bird & the toes of my shoes.
Photo showing a glass walkway looking over a courtyard & water feature. The glass is covered by advertisements.
Video showing my carrying a bougainvillea home via a laneway
Photo of a laneway with a permeable surface (brick-like paving stones)
Photo of graffiti art on a laneway garage door
Photo of a 3 storey apartment building, with a combine brick & corten steel facade
Photo of the title screen for the film “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces”
Screenshot of the linked article / document
Video of a concert, from the audience.
Photo of an electric bike with a retro motorcycle style
Screen shot of an aerial of the Portlands in Toronto in Apple Maps
Photo of an ambulance with its lights & sirens on, travelling down the transit priority lane on Bathurst Street. Cars are obediently in the car lane, allowing the ambulance to move quickly.
Photo of a garbage truck with a Toronto logo on it, actively picking up refuse
Video of a garbage truck with a Toronto logo on it, about the size of an suv, driving down a street
Photo of row houses, with the foreground containing a small restaurant with a patio
Photo from the audience of a panel talk in an auditorium. An image of a 1970s render of Roy Thompsom Hall is displayed above the panelists.
Photo of the entrance at Confederation Station (train & bus station)
Many cones, each with a large single-colour flag, travel along the Don River, with the Toronto skyline in behind
Photo of me between two vehicles. The vehicle on the right has a hood that is above my chest.
Photo of a group listening to a speaker, in a park with hardscape & pink chairs
Photo of a crowd at the Toronto Urban Design Awards, showing Chief Planner Jason Thorne at the microphone addressing the audience
Video of a sizeable group of people having fun rollerblading & boarding on local city streets
Photo of King Street in Toronto with many people walking on the street
Photo of new office & residential buildings beside a zipline launch location
Video of a person travelling along a zip line across the Kichi Zibi (Ottawa River) between Ottawa & Gatineau
Screenshot of a Via Rail real time map with speed display
Photo of me in my train seat, with the train number visible behind me (selfie)
Phot of a bus stop pole, which has several features. The route numbers, a digital time display for next busses, paper notices, paper schedules, and an accessibility button with braile (at wheelchair height)
Video of a GO train pulling into Exhibition Station. There are a lot of people waiting on the platform
Photo of details about the future park Toronto.ca/34HannaPark
Photo of a parking lot that has been painted bright colours, had planters placed, and chairs & tables placed on it. A temporary park before a more permanent one.
Screen capture of an aerial view of a site, which is all paved surface, with a building in the middle. This is the site of the construction in my previous post.
Photo of a tall building under construction. The base of the building will hold a 2 storey day care facility. Some of the details of that are starting to come together.
Photo of a lush green roof with tall plants & a person gardening in it. The skyline of Toronto is in the background
Photo of the extension of the Don River at Biidaasige Park, flanked by wetlands & greenery, with the skyline of Toronto in the background
Photo of a person with a table & wooden sign balanced on a bike. A person is also walking & carrying a large wooden board. The scene is along a street that has been opened to pedestrians, cyclists, patios, planters, & art.
Photo of a streetscape with a noticeable slope. The street is hardscape with a linear thin metal drain that leads to a planting bed with plants & trees.