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Monthly Archives: July 2006

  • Heat, heat, everywhere…

    The Toronto Star has three articles that are inter-related. The first one is about Baby Boomers and how they will bear the brunt of smog-related illnesses...

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  • Water, water, everywhere…

    It looks like the summer’s high temperatures and humidity have sparked a lot of talk about the Waterfront these days. Today, Christopher Hume has an...

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  • Weekend headlines on public space issues

    Christopher Hume has a great piece in the Star today about the redevelopment of Beirut during the 1990s and its connection to Toronto’s waterfront...

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  • Street Signing Man

    I’ve been interested in street signage since my early teen years — I think my first act of admiration for our wayfinders came when I was 14...

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  • Name calling on the TTC

    Craig Cal, Spacing’s new transit beat writer starting in the fall, sent along this TTC anecdote. – – – – – –...

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  • Lazy days of summer at Spacing

    Almost everyone who contributes to the Spacing Wire is on, or is going on, vacation over the next month. The destinations include Victoria BC, Ontario...

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  • Flat Tire Fridays are No Fun

    Being a nine-to-fiver I have come to, somewhat unnaturally, appreciate the arrival of Friday. This Friday, however, is not up to snuff. I got a flat tire...

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  • Infrastucture art

    I was forwarded an interesting art exhibit called Safe Design sponsored by Safety Issues magazine that took place at the MoMA in New York last fall. A few...

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  • Bike Lockers in T.O.

    The City of Toronto has launched its Bicycle Locker Pilot Project. You can now rent a locker for 10 dollars, per month for a minimum four-month term at...

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  • Withrow Potluck Aug 4

    Local TTC booster and provocateur Sean Learner is shifting focus briefly to do something extremely local and hold a potluck near his house in Withrow Park...

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  • Quay to the City

    It looks like we can get ready for our first taste of a revitalized central Waterfront. As reported before, Queen’s Quay West from Spadina to York...

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  • Today’s headlines

    Ryerson’s new Sally Horsfall Eaton Centre for Studies in Community Health • Dirty beaches spark debate in Ajax [ Toronto Star ] • Hume...

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