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World Wide Wednesday: Detroit’s (re)turn to light rail transit

By Jake Schabas

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments.  We’ll be on the... Read More

Bikes

How to fan the flames of the fake War on the Car in Toronto

By Shawn Micallef

On May 22nd I posted a piece here on Spacing about the fairy tale war on the car. It was at the height of the rhetorical volleys... Read More

Headlines

Wednesday’s Headlines

By Jake Schabas

ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT • Plan envisions John St as ‘spine’ of cultural area [Toronto Star] • Vision for club... Read More

Architecture

Entertainment District’s Master Plan

By Shaun Merritt

This morning, the Toronto Entertainment District BIA unveiled their “Master Plan” to redevelop much of the downtown core. From... Read More

Bikes

Reaching the Summit: Cycling Advocacy and Community Engagement

By Emma Feltes

Just three days into this year’s Bike Month, a damp May 28th was host to Bike Summit 2009, a day-long conference on cycling... Read More

Headlines

Tuesday’s Headlines

By Jake Schabas

TRANSIT AND BICYCLING • Newcomers urged to get back in bike lane [Toronto Star] • ’70s were hardly a golden age for... Read More

Curiosities

Townsend: Ontario’s phantom town

By Sean Marshall

You have probably heard of ghost towns – once vibrant communities that slowly disappeared as local fortunes changed, or quickly... Read More

Spacing

Montreal Monday: Block Parties, Montrealhenge and the ‘park with no name’

By Jake Schabas

Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montreal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics... Read More

Politics

The politics of extending the municipal franchise

By John Lorinc

In The Globe and Mail’s online debate/column Friday about voting rights for immigrants, Marcus Gee denounced David... Read More

Headlines

Monday’s Headlines

By Jake Schabas

• Waterfront on a roll with classy Wavedeck [Toronto Star] • City Hall’s car guy learns to ride [Toronto Star] &bull... Read More

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