Kurtis Chen

Climate focused intern architect, filmmaker, carbon counting evangelist. Transit nerd. Renter.

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTChelps Some of these RSZs have been in place since last year and you don’t have any timelines posted anymore.

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTChelps Is there a plan to increase reliability of the system overall? I’ve lived here most of my life and the TTC has never been this tragically slow and unreliable. The number of delays on the subway are completely unacceptable for a city this size.

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTChelps people are overflowing onto the streets at st clair

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTChelps is this safe?

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTChelps @TKK35485210 but you’re not doing it safely anyways. platforms overflowing at st clair. no staff.

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTChelps FYI your platforms are overflowing

[Shivaji Shiva @ShivajiShivaLaw]

A public safety announcement…

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTCnotices Is the dog that important

[Ontario Place for All © @ONPlace4All]

Ontario Place West Island has been obliterated, photos taken today by @kurtischen. #topoli #onpoli

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTChelps @TTCnotices @TPSOperations Dangerous overcrowding at Yonge & St Clair and Yonge & Davisville. No TTC personnel or TPS in sight.

[DT Cochrane @DTCochrane]

CN and CPKC's profit margin was 33% in 2021-23. In the 2010s, it was 18%.

[Stefan Novakovic @NovakovicTO]

"It’s basically impossible to be a good designer when you no longer have empathy for your clients." @Joel_LeonD and @kurtischen of Make Good Projects give the most honest interview of my career in @AzureMagazine: https://t.co/bgxp71aXgm

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a shocking leak, Donald Trump says to the leaders of Project 2025 that his most exciting work with them lies ahead. Donald Trump is openly admitting he will implement Project 2025. Retweet so all Americans see this

[George Bell @georgebell]

Torontos goats have arrived! #topoli #brickworks #goats

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@Shelbylynnreid @_ChanFace @HousingSpock @augustAP12 A lot of these things we discuss on our Village walking tour @ToSoArch I’d love for these discussions to happen on one of my tours!! HMU 🤙

[Toronto Society of Architects @ToSoArch]

Devastating news. St Anne's interiors were decorated w/ many murals inc. pieces by 3 members of the #GroupofSeven as well as sculptures by Frances Loring and Florence Wyle. We documented some of these a couple years ago as part of our year of public art. 📸 @kurtischen

[Joël @Joel_LeonD]

Meanwhile local arch. organizations are being starved of the necessary funding to grow their offerings which are often more robust and relevant.

[Joël @Joel_LeonD]

Excited for the next chapter of our queer spaces research! We have an amazing team ready to help us gather your stories and memories of Toronto's queer spaces—because after all the most important thing about buildings is the people inside of them

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@FreakazoidReal Yes they have to be trained. But at the cost of creating a 20-30min headway on a frequent service route with ridership of 30k+ is totally unacceptable

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

This headway is real. Waited 20+ minutes for a 505 streetcar. This is completely unacceptable (and it has never been this consistently bad) @TTChelps @MayorOliviaChow @ttcriders

[Kurtis Chen @kurtischen]

@TTChelps I was able to get on but it took 24min of waiting