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  • Queen and Spadina, 2015

    What would happen if people simply disappeared from the intersection of a large metropolis, never to return? How would this depopulation change a place...

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  • Ghosts on the wall

    All buildings are haunted. Toronto has some pretty stubborn ghosts living in its warehouses and refurbished lofts and empty brick monoliths — their...

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  • Rivers below

    Thousands of years old and buried alive, their ghosts are awakened with the advent of spring. Foundations creak and floorboards rot as the undead bleed...

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  • The Port Lands, 2043

    Excerpted from the Toronto section of “The Green Traveller Guide”, 2043 edition. "…No trip to Toronto would be complete without a...

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  • Steeles and Yonge, 2020

    The following short story by Jim Munroe takes place in the year 2020 near the intersection of Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue. "What's that...

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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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