Features

World Wide Wednesday: Burning river, Dial4Light, suburban retrofit and more

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

Culture

Bodies in Urban Spaces

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Austrian choreographer Willi Dorner and photographer Lisa Rastl have combined to create ‘Bodies in Urban Spaces,’ a public... Read More

Headlines

Wednesday’s Headlines

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STRIKE • Public trashes strike [Toronto Star] • City workers are our neighbours and friends [Toronto Star] • Trash... Read More

Bikes

Bike blitz: helpful or harmful?

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Yesterday marked the beginning of this year’s Bike Blitz.  Officially, it’s called the “Safe Cycling — Share the... Read More

Architecture

Checking in on the Roundhouse renovation

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Built in 1929-31, the John Street Roundhouse is an architectural wonder.  Its 32 bay semi-circular structure centred around the now... Read More

Transit

STREET SCENE: Bathurst and Fleet

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A streetcar turns around War of 1812 sculpture by Douglas Coupland at Bathurst and Fleet streets. Spacing is happy to launch an... Read More

Architecture

More than a bridge: Reflections on Bridging the Design Gap

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Several weeks ago, the members of Bridging the Design Gap, an informal design charette, posed the question: ‘when is a bridge more... Read More

Headlines

Tuesday’s Headlines

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STRIKE • David Miller engineered walkout, union says [Toronto Star] • Toronto is making me mad as hell [Toronto Star] &bull... Read More

Politics

JOHN LORINC: On streetcars, strikes and the question of control

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For all the spin and counter-spin hovering around the David Miller-John Baird feud over the streetcar “ask,” most observers have... Read More

Politics

Strike!

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A few links for you: • The City of Toronto’s contingency plans for the strike • Talks collapse, City workers on strike... Read More

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