By Matthew Blackett
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The city hall(s) we could’ve had
The first half of the 20th century saw Toronto's civic leaders contemplate a number of different city hall and civic square proposals, but it...
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Walking, or sitting, in the clouds
Sitting on top of an underground parking lot just off the corner of Yonge and Temperance Streets, the Cloud Garden Parkette is a refuge, oasis, and an...
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Erratic boulders
In September 2004, local artist Maura Doyle had a nine-tonne rock moved from its resting place in the Kawartha Lakes to the Toronto Sculpture Garden at...
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Gardening for ads
In the craziest billboard jungle in Canada, advertisers will go to extreme lengths to get noticed. A lucrative business has been growing strong for the...
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Adventures in North York
Living downtown, it's easy to forget just how suburban much of Toronto is. We may not like suburbia, but it's probably the most common Canadian...
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Fluffing up the park
I was recently invited, as an arborist, to attend a one-day park refurbishment event sponsored by Home Depot at Matty Eckler Park across from Gerrard...
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Liberty Village hits benchmark
The Henry Moore outside the AGO may have been turned into an improvised chaise longue by lunchtime OCAD students, but Liberty Village has art that...
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Art up your alley
It's a standard issue narrative: in the shadow of a more outgoing, attractive older sibling, the younger, homelier sibling, feeling neglected, turns...
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How did that get there?
What is your favourite piece of public art in Toronto? "That's like asking me which child I like best," says Terry Nicholson, Manager of...
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Dogs and landscaping
In 1837, a block of land between Richmond and Adelaide, along Brant Street, was set aside to serve as a market square for the newly developing west end of...