Monthly Archives: May 2007

Architecture

The dark crystal

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Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Love it or hate it, the ROM’s new addition looks like a giant crystal, and, ugly or not, that makes... Read More

Streetscape

Save Sam’s signs

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Yesterday, we posted about the closing of Sam The Record Man on Yonge and openly wondered what should be done with the distinctive... Read More

Bikes

Councillor Heaps responds

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Update –  The revised Terms of Reference have been deferred back to council. Their next meeting is late June. It would seem that... Read More

Streetscape

Wayfinding in Winnipeg

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I recently came across an article about the new wayfinding signs that Winnipeg has installed. There are 101 spread out through the... Read More

Green Space

Thursday’s Headlines

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• Commuter Challenge Week [ Toronto Star ] • Vaughan a hub for green builders [ Toronto Star ] • York, Durham burn on... Read More

Architecture

Postopolis!

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Four urban-themed blogs from four different cities, all similar in spirit to Spacing (BLDGBLOG from Los Angeles, City of Sound from... Read More

Green Space

Wednesday’s Headlines

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• What’s wrong with this picture? Location, location, location [ Toronto Star ] • Bringing back fish paradise in GTA ... Read More

History

What should they do with Sam the Record Man’s sign?

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It’s sad to read that Sam The Record Man store on Yonge Street is closing. I love the corner it occupies — it’s a... Read More

Walking

Walking from Pearson Airport

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At the end of last year, Shawn Micallef posted about English author Will Self’s walk from JFK airport in New York into... Read More

Bikes

Cranky about Cycling Committee

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Toronto’s new cycling committee chair Councillor A.A. Heaps recently announced that he is revising the committee’s Terms... Read More