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

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

Culture

Bodies in Urban Spaces

By Jake Schabas

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

Headlines

Wednesday’s Headlines

By Jake Schabas

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

Bikes

Bike blitz: helpful or harmful?

By Dave Meslin

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

By Jake Schabas

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

By Jerry Waese

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

By Nigel Terpstra

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

By Jake Schabas

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

By John Lorinc

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!

By Matthew Blackett

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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