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Toronto, ON · TorontoThis is the eighth post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with The Metropole. In July 1896, Chicora, Oliver Mowat, and Ann Brown docked at Toronto Harbour. Each had come from a different corner of Lake Ontario bearing food, fuel, and building materials for the city. Chicora made three trips that July, bringing a total of 43 boxes, 47 barrels, and 1,164 baskets (36.7 tons) of fruit from Lewiston, New York…See the Story
Feeding, Fuelling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism
Sorrento, Campania · SorrentoThis is the seventh post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with The Metropole.
Figure 1: “Featured image (at top): Sorrento Italy at night, Ryan Reft, photographer, September 2025.”From https://themetropole.blog/2025/10/02/uha-niche-collaborative-call-for-papers-urban-and-environmental-dialogues/ (accessed October 17, 2025). Ryan Reft’s recent photograph, “Sorrento Italy at night” (Figure 1), opened the…See the Story
Urban Nightscapes and the Anthropocene
Santiago · SantiagoThis is the sixth post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with The Metropole. Between 1920 and 1930, the Chilean Electric Company Limited, Santiago Municipality, and the Chilean government built 100 electric substations to transmit and distribute electrical power throughout Chile’s capital city. The project was ambitious, especially considering Santiago’s small urban area, just 3,000 hectares with 507,296…See the Story
