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Map Maniac

September 30, 2013 by Graeme MacKay

When I was a kid, long before I knew the names of any Prime Minister of Canada, or any President of the United States, I drew maps. I loved them then, and I still love them to this day. I’d grab the latest map inserted in the family’s National Geographic and try to squish the name of every town and lake into every traced replica. I’d draw stars in for the capital cities and adjust the font size of my hand writing to match the apparent size of each village or city. For the longest time I thought each map was my training towards becoming a professional cartographer.

And then, I was told I had to stop failing Math.

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Fast forward a few decades and into my 12th year as a hired editorial cartoonist I finally got to live my childhood fantasy of getting paid to be a cartographer. From November 2009 to May of 2011 I was assigned on a free lance basis to draw maps for a series of features regarding the communities and areas which make up Toronto. Every Thursday, the Toronto edition of Metro would include this in their newspaper available for free throughout the city and aimed at the commuting readers.

Some of the areas were familiar to me as I had spent a few years in the 1990’s living as resident of the College Street Little Italy area. Other areas were and continue to be a mystery place for me. Thanks to Google Street view, I was able to visit each area from the comforts of my own home office here in Hamilton without ever having to see for myself the progress of particular condo developments I was assigned to pinpoint. Because the Google Street view mobiles had only just made their trek through Toronto a few months prior, I was able to identify the condos which were in the process of being built by the huge signs that go months in advance of big construction projects.

The series ran its course in 2011 after covering many different areas of Toronto. Douglas Dunlop, the editor in charge of the series Spaces and Places has put together a nice website which chronicles all the issues we put out.

Today, I’ll be stepping out of my regular gig as editorial cartoonist to draw a similar kind of map for the Hamilton Spectator. This time I get to showcase some of the development boom happening in my own city’s downtown. Look for it to to be featured in the next few days to come.

Downtown Development Map 2013

Key to the map:

1) Mustard Seed Co-op, 460 York Blvd.
2) Metrolinx GO Station
3) Witton Lofts, 50 Murray St.
4) BMO plaza, 275 James St. N. (between Colborne and Barton Streets)
5) Acclamation Lofts, 185 James St. N. (proposed)
6) The Seedworks Urban Offices, 126 Catherine St. N.
7) Costa’s Wine Country, 162 Ferguson Ave. N.
8) Tan Thanh Asian grocery store, Park and Cannon Streets
9) Offices, 123 James St. N.
10) Tivoli Theatre condos, James St. N. (at Vine St.)
11) Empire Times condos, 41 King William St. (at Hughson)
12) Jackson Square, 100 King St. W.
13) King Street West Apartments, 275 King St. W. (at Hess)
14) ORA restaurant, 18 Hess St. S.
15) Bella Towers (150 Main Street West) and Homewood Suites at 40 Bay Street South (Vrancor)
16) Main West Apartment building, 137-149 Main St. W. (proposed)
17) McMaster Health Campus/Family Health Centre, Main and Bay Streets.
18) Gore Park Heritage buildings, 18-28 King St, E. (proposed)
19) Treble Hall Restoration, 21 John St. N.
20) City live/work space, 95 King St. E.
21) Royal Connaught, King St. E. (proposed)
22) Royal Court Offices, 19-21 John St. S. (proposed)
23) Hamilton Grand, 64 Main St. E. (at John Street) (proposed)
24) Townhouses, 152-154 Catherine Street South (near Young Street project)
25) City Square, 85 Robinson St. (also borders Charlton Ave.)

Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: google, Hamilton, maps, metro

October 2, 2006

October 2, 2006 by Graeme MacKay

Delegates

Googled with the word ‘egghead’

Googled with the word ‘question-able’

Googled with the word ‘baggage’

Googled with the word ‘boring’

Googled with the word ‘Trudeau’

Googled with the word ‘muffin’

Michael Ignatieff

1,252

2,070

20,300

20,000

19,800

49,200

1,540

Bob Rae

832

1,690

16,000

15,700

12,300

50,600

266

Gerard Kennedy

706

199

641

747

710

17,000

117

Stephane Dion

698

179

850

630

546

48,800

141

Ken Dryden

194

204

873

9,100

9,860

34,900

389

Joe Volpe

193

104

61,700

10,600

796

21,800

543

Scott Brison

163

166

10,600

868

806

33,800

107

M. Hall Findlay

41

33

241

1,100

730

836

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Above is a tally of delegate votes for each candidate vying for the Liberal leadership alongside a comparison of candidate names googled with various words. The numbers show Ignatieff leads alongside the googled word ‘egghead’, ‘baggage’, ‘boring’, and ‘muffin’. Bob Rae wins next to ‘Trudeau’, and Joe Volpe comes on top next to the googled word ‘questionable’. More googled comparisons will follow in the weeks to come.

Posted in: Cartooning Tagged: commentary, google

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