{"id":1295,"date":"2008-08-19T20:47:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T01:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/08\/19\/toronto-tuesday-streetcar-turnaround-atwoods-toronto-and-the-hug-me-tree\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:52:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:52:48","slug":"toronto-tuesday-streetcar-turnaround-atwoods-toronto-and-the-hug-me-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/08\/19\/toronto-tuesday-streetcar-turnaround-atwoods-toronto-and-the-hug-me-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Tuesday: Streetcar turnaround, Atwood’s Toronto and the “Hug Me” tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto<\/a>. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities.<\/em><\/p>\n

Streetcar turnaround<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the New York Times, North American streetcar use is on the rise. Citing the example of Cincinati\u2019s streetcar resurgence, Monica Warzecha writes about the popularity of this time-honored means of urban transportation.<\/p>\n

Atwood\u2019s Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n

Shawn Micallef has posted a link to a travel article on Toronto written in 1982 by Margaret Atwood, housed in the New York Times archives. Providing an account of the changing attitude towards this city with \u201ca long history of being loathed,\u201d Atwood also tells the story of how she began to see her once disdained hometown in a new light.<\/p>\n

The \u201cHug Me\u201d tree finds a new home<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week I referred to an article<\/a> about a tree on Queen Street. This week Matt Blackett fills readers in on the whereabouts of this treasured stump, which has been relocated to a studio in Parkdale by a woman with a particular attachment to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities. Streetcar turnaround According to the New York Times, North American streetcar use is on the rise. Citing the example of Cincinati\u2019s streetcar resurgence, Monica Warzecha writesContinue reading “Toronto Tuesday: Streetcar turnaround, Atwood’s Toronto and the “Hug Me” tree”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4054,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7834],"tags":[2919,1937,2920,125,979,1842,32,578,152,2922,2921],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-margaret-atwood","tag-matt-blackett","tag-monica-warzecha","tag-montreal","tag-queen","tag-shawn-micallef","tag-spacing-toronto","tag-the-new-york-times","tag-toronto","tag-travel-article","tag-urban-transportation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nToronto Tuesday: Streetcar turnaround, Atwood's Toronto and the "Hug Me" tree - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/08\/19\/toronto-tuesday-streetcar-turnaround-atwoods-toronto-and-the-hug-me-tree\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toronto Tuesday: Streetcar turnaround, Atwood's Toronto and the "Hug Me" tree - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. 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