Sunday Fun: What's a Collective Noun for a Group of City Planners?

Stephen Quinn, host of CBC Radio One's popular morning show The Early Edition, offered a prompt to the Twitterverse last week and inspired plenty of creativity.

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July 26, 2020, 9:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


Stephen Quinn poses a playful prompt:

So, think a murder of crows or a flock of seagulls (the latter is actually a misnomer, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Check out the responses for an idea of where people headed with Quinn's prompt.

My favorite: a charrette of planners. 

Friday, July 24, 2020 in Stephen Quinn via Twitter

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