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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 15: The MIDP Volume 1: The Plans, Introduction

In which I consider the line between fulfilling the RFP and overreaching it, reflect on the way Sidewalk Labs’ plan mirrors the long-discredited national-development strategies of the 1960s, dig a bit more into Sidewalk Labs’ desired rule-setting powers, and thank … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 14: The MIDP Overview V: The Partnership

In which Sidewalk Labs drops the sunny language and tells us how they want to get paid for their $39 billion plan, including for a very heavily qualified promise not to sell your personal information, the many, many new bureaucracies … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 13: The MIDP Overview IV: The Plans, parts 3, 4 and 5; Priority Outcomes

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries available here Moving on… Part 3: The River District: Creating an Innovation Ecosystem to Build on Quayside’s Impact (pp. 130-149) MIDP as sales brochure, Exhibit A There are proportionately more pictures in … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 12: The MIDP Overview III: The Plans, parts 1 and 2

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries and key documents available here Our examination of the MIDP Overview continues! Readers will recall that Waterfront Toronto’s initial plan was to bring in a partner to develop their Quayside plot of … Continue reading

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 11: The MIDP Overview II: Project Background

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries available here The Overview consists of a Foreword (pp. 26-27) not listed in the table of contents) and four sections, three of which correspond to the other three volumes and one of … Continue reading

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