Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦https://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mwj2sy75mk2vThanks to everyone who took the time to meet up with me during my wander through Poland and the Baltics … Igor and Gillian (Warsaw), Artis (Riga), Andrė and Sabina (Vilnius), Kristi, Andro, Mathias, Pasi, Eugen, Aleksi and others (Tallinn) and TJ, Ethan and others (Wroclaw).27 Sep 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwj2sy75mk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mwg5ume7g22wNot something I have seen before. Instead of building the new on top of the old … putting the old on top of the new. Traditional wood frame home that was previously on the site, reconstructed at the top of a new low-rise building (in Riga, Latvia).26 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwg5ume7g22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mwdnfulrfk2pAre we going to start seeing more Canada-Europe exchange and collaboration on urban issues? Toronto sharing the stage with Vilnius, Kiev, Rotterdam and The Hague at Placemaking Week Europe 2026 (Wrocław, Poland).25 Sep 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdnfulrfk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mwb2fm4zps25The neon lights of Katowice (Poland).24 Sep 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwb2fm4zps25https://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mvx4wwkt2k2lThe second longest building in Europe. The 860 metre Falowiec building on the outskirts of Gdansk.20 Sep 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvx4wwkt2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mvuks3o2gc2bA brief moment of zen for your timeline … the boat train on the Elbląg Canal in Poland.19 Sep 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuks3o2gc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mvpm5tar322iA fascinating streetscape. This is Elbląg (Poland) where post-war reconstruction of its Old Town didn’t really begin until the late 1970s. It was inspired by the historical architecture, and built on the original street grid and building footprints, but with a very distinctive post-modernist style.17 Sep 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpm5tar322ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mvnswah54c2bA post that is pretty much just for @tomflood.bsky.social. Walking the streets of Elbląg, Poland today, and the streets are lined with dozens of these amazing banners on all the light poles.16 Sep 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnswah54c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mvn7tuqgfs2gTony Soprano statue by artist Donatas Jankauskas in Vilnius, Lithuania (no … I don’t know why).16 Sep 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn7tuqgfs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mvhxhbk2u22gDzintari Forest Park in Jūrmala, Latvia … with an 11-storey observation tower designed by architect ARHIS.14 Sep 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhxhbk2u22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mvfjf2pdxk2lIf your city is going to have a big building boom during one architectural period, the Art Nouveau period is a good choice. This is Riga.13 Sep 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfjf2pdxk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mvah4owvz222A small town with some impressive cycling infrastructure … biking around Tartu, Estonia.11 Sep 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvah4owvz222https://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mv6432ymhc2tA rare glimpse inside the now-abandoned Tallinna Linnahall in Tallinn, Estonia (for the architecture biennale).10 Sep 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6432ymhc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3muwfdajyck26“The mark of a great city is in how it treats its ordinary spaces, not its special ones” (Aaron Renn). Under a bridge and along a highway embankment in Vilnius, Lithuania.07 Sep 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwfdajyck26https://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mutvf4vzgc2zLaisvės Avenue in Kaunas, Lithuania … a pedestrian street lined with an amazing collection of inter-war era modernist buildings.06 Sep 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutvf4vzgc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mupp5qsy4c23“The Wise Old Man" by Žygimantas Amelynas and Tadas Šimkus (Kaunas, Lithuania).04 Sep 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupp5qsy4c23https://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mumvwxe6sc2zPostmodernism isn’t usually my favourite architectural style, but when it’s built like this … wow! This is the University of Warsaw Library by architect Marek Budzyński.03 Sep 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumvwxe6sc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mujy6zkygc2nBefore and after. The newly completed transformation of Zgoda Street in Warsaw (designed by Architektura Krajobrazu).02 Sep 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujy6zkygc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mu7tpf3t2c2p“Where Walls Meet Sky" contemporary art exhibition inside the fire-damaged ruins of St. Anne's Anglican Church. Curated by Art Spin.29 Aug 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7tpf3t2c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mtuhmsjbhk2zWhen most people think of “heritage” buildings they think of buildings from the 19th or early 20th centuries. But Canadian cities have some amazing modern buildings, too. The 1955 St. Peter's Estonian church and 1963 Nielsen building are two of Toronto’s most recently-designated heritage buildings.24 Aug 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuhmsjbhk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonthorne.bsky.social/post/3mtqqwexfg22mThe National Capital Commission’s newest park at Kìwekì Point, designed by Janet Rosenberg & Studio and Patkau Architects.23 Aug 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:nr4pq4wxwqo7paisfxplkvbd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqqwexfg22m