City's Obsession With Safety Is Dangerous

Many regulations that are well-meaning end up frustrating the ability of planners to build an interesting engaging city, writes Christopher Hume.

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August 23, 2005, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Though no one would disagree safety must be paramount, it shouldn't be used as an excuse to hamper the proper or at least the desired evolution of Toronto.Yet as many architects, landscape architects, planners and even politicians will tell you, just below the surface of official plans, design guidelines and so on there's a layer of rules and regulations that thwarts our best intentions."

Thanks to Roger Brook

FULL STORY: City free of risk, but at what cost

Thursday, August 11, 2005 in The Toronto Star

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