Streets
Why Some Streets Meet at Angles
Why streets meet at angles becomes clearer on a map: read terrain, inherited routes, and later planning to see what…
All the reads
All reads
Explore the streets, shared spaces, landmarks, and local names that help a city make sense.
Public Space
A Square for Passing Through or Staying Awhile?
Public square design can reveal whose routes matter and where people can pause. Learn to read its edges, entrances…
Place Names
Before Street Signs, How Did People Name a Place?
Before street signs, shared place names tied meeting points to landmarks, trades, and routes, helping people describe…
Neighbourhoods
The Neighbourhood Boundary You May Be Imagining
Understand a neighbourhood boundary by separating official service lines from local usage, so you can choose the right…
Landmarks
A Commuter’s Landmark Check for an Unfamiliar Route
A commuter landmark check turns an unfamiliar city route into a short sequence of visible reference points, making…
Our point of view
A city is more than its map.
We pay attention to the details that make places legible: a street's shape, a square's layout, or a name that has outlasted its original meaning.