After much hype, I attended the lecture by Witold Rybczynski sponsored by the University of Windsor's Humanities Research Group last night.  I had done some online ...

Planning For Whose Future? The astronomical figures being tossed around by the feds blow my mind.  I have no idea what four billion dollars would look like, but the Feds are promising this over the ...

I don't know whether this spotlight we're shining on unshovelled sidewalks gets the credit, but we are seeing some effort on behalf of the caretakers highlighted before in cleaning their sidewalks. Dr. Ghilzon and WFCU on Dougall Avenue have cleared their walks and Majority Control informs me that the sidewalks ...

Today I am going to relay a New York Times column by David Brooks that was sent to me by a good friend of the Scaledown community and I had to pass it along because its message is too strong just to keep to myself.  ...

Have you ever wondered exactly why it is that you can't ride your bike from Windsor to Detroit? Ever think of the financial implications of this void in our transportation strategy? So ...

I finally can start contributing to the downtown core in a more meaningful way. Over the past few years, bureaucracy and organization took precedent over nuts and bolts improvements. Now all of that is important and I commend the entire board for working on that as it ...

Our readers sure do love their sidewalks, don't they? I just got these cell-photos from reader "'Majority Control" (not his/her real name, ...

All you long-time SD readers, prepare yourself for a blast from the past. Today's guest blog is brought to you by none other than original ScaleDown contributor Joshua ...