A guide to cycling in the most car driven cities in the world, Los Angeles Los Angles’ reputation as a car-only town has been cracking for years, and recently that reputation may have crumbled for good. The much hyped “Carmageddon” (in which a section of the 405 freeway was closed down for a day) did [...]
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Will Heathrow become irrelevant
The coalition government and Labour withdraw their support for a new runway at Heathrow, an airport that is already running at 98% capacity. As the Economist sees it. The language both politicians used shows how keen they are to move the focus of British aviation policy away from Heathrow’s third runway. But I fear they [...]
Arcmed Al Mashtal Hotel
A five star hotel in Hamas controlled Gaza? Earlier this month, the hotel’s developer, Palestinian investment company Padico decided to finally open it. The company, controlled by politically independent billionaire Munib al-Masri, hopes to recover at least some of its costs and hopes that Gaza’s knotty problems may finally be solved in the coming years. [...]
The Rocky Mountaineer
A couple of months ago I was looking around online for a trip to take Wendy on our anniversary. After checking out VIA Rail (train comes through Saskatoon at midnight and goes through Edmonton and Jasper, not Banff), I saw something about The Rocky Mountaineer and spent hours checking out their website and looking at [...]
Allen Lambert Galleria at Brookfield Place
Allen Lambert Galleria at Brookfield Place, a photo by Jordon on Flickr. The Allen Lambert Galleria, sometimes described as the “crystal cathedral of commerce”, is an atrium designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava which connects Bay Street with Heritage Square. The six storey high pedestrian thoroughfare is structured by eight freestanding supports on each side [...]
