07: Fall 2006
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Underneath the layers
Bloor and Bathurst might be our greatest big city corner — not because of skyscrapers or starchitecture but because of Honest Ed's turning it...
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Losing our connections
Allan Crawford has dreams of building a lodge at the mouth of the Humber River. The Parks, Forestry and Recreation employee, who runs the Inner City...
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Dense about density
It's been a year since Christina Zeidler stood before an audience in the Ballroom at the Gladstone Hotel to share her fears of what could become of...
By Matthew Blackett -
More strut in our walk
Everyone is a pedestrian. Almost everyone in the city walks somewhere on most days, even if just briefly, and the official definition of...
By Matthew Blackett -
A magical ride
I know I should say something like "I love my mom, and I love world peace," but honestly, I don't think there's anything I love more...
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An architectural graveyard
In the eastern end of the city, along the shores of Lake Ontario, there is a geological wonder that stands tall and majestic. Created thousands of years...
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The roller boat of Toronto
The city has been extending its waterfront since the early 1900s, that much is no secret, but what we've been burying down there is a little more...
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Heading in the right direction
When artist Carolyn Tripp was a teenager making day trips to Toronto she found the big metropolis confusing, and would occasionally find herself headed in...
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Who was first past the post?
“It’s like taking the cherry off the sundae,” says architect and designer David Dennis of Jack Layton’s claim that the now federal...
By Tammy Thorne