Monthly Archives: September 2007
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TIFF: When Toronto belongs to the world
Life in a big city means from time to time it belongs to everybody else. In some major cities and world capitals, like London or New York, this is a near...
By Shawn Micallef -
The mish-mash of New York’s sidewalks
NEW YORK — The sidewalks of New York are probably the most varied and interesting of any city I lived in. The sidewalks are a mish-mash of huge...
By Joseph Clement -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Toronto councillor says city doesn’t have authority to implement cuts [ cbc ] • City manager broke law with budget cut: councillor ...
By Julie Yamin -
Street furniture contract receives an award of excellence
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. If you are one of those people who question the quality of services that the City of Toronto provides, the Mayor would like...
By Dale Duncan -
Montréal’s shared roads and bike lanes
In response to Dale Duncan’s post on August 27th about Toronto’s plan to use sharrows instead of bike lanes on the Lansdowne reconstruction...
By Matthew Blackett -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Time to ban dangerous, wasteful airshow [ Toronto Star ] • Queensway streetcar’s broken fence bugs riders [ Toronto Star ] • Had...
By Julie Yamin -
Thank transit riders for the TTC
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. There were some questions raised about one of the stats I included in my “By the numbers” post last week. The...
By Dale Duncan -
Say bonjour to Spacing Montréal
Some of you may have noticed a set of links feeding into the sidebar of Spacing Votes. We shouldn’t be shy about it anymore and just spit it out...
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City Hall: Good, bad and ugly
The Good: The Executive Committee has the capital budget variance report for the first four months of 2007 before it today. The report says that the...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Tree Tuesday: Crombie Park
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...
By Todd Irvine -
My TTC is… basic access & basic mobility
(This is a map of potential TTC service cuts by Ian Trider via the Torontoist. Solid red lines are routes which may be entirely eliminated. Broken red...
By Craig Cal -
Goodbye Spacing Wire! Hello Spacing Toronto!
Spacing is happy to announce a few changes to our blogs. The most exciting change was announced earlier this morning: Spacing is expanding its presence...
By Spacing