By Dylan Reid
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A day at Works Committee
It’s been a while since I sat in on the City of Toronto Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, but I went there last Tuesday to depute in favour...
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Spacing on TV: Copenhagen and sharing the road
Spacing publisher Matt Blackett talked to copenhagenize.com‘s Colville Andersen while visiting Copenhagen last week. Matt talks about the Danish...
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Event Guide: Danish urbanist Jan Gehl coming to Toronto
Danish architect Jan Gehl is one of the world’s foremost experts on transforming public spaces and creating walking-friendly environments. He led...
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French fun with protests
The French are renowned or notorious, depending on one’s point of view, for their public protests, getting huge numbers of people out on the street...
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City Clerk official live blog of City Council meeting
The city clerk is publishing a live blog of the decisions and votes of City Council’s current meeting. It’s remarkably useful — you can...
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Event Guide: Jane’s Walk – “You’ve got to get out and walk”
This weekend, everyone should be out walking. The annual Jane’s Walk takes place this Saturday and Sunday (May 2 and 3), and there are over 100...
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Cherry blossoms blooming
The cherry blossoms are in bloom at the University of Toronto (s-w corner of Robarts Library, corner of Harbord and Huron). They’re lovely, worth...
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The curious case of Jarvis Street
As Shawn Micallef wrote earlier this month, Jarvis Street has been much abused over the years. It was once one of Toronto’s most elegant streets...
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Reading List: “True Urbanism” by Mark Hinshaw
It’s a curious experience to read a book where you agree with most of the ideas, but cringe at the way they are expressed. American urban planner...
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Event Guide: Torontopocalypse double bill
Toronto Public Space Committee activist and cinephile Jonathan Goldsbie has asked me to publicize tonight’s “Torontopocalypse double...
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Event Guide: Bike Summit 2009, and What Has Architecture Done For You Lately?
Bike Summit 2009 After the success of last year’s Bike Summit, the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation and the Clean Air Partnership are...
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How not to place a garbage can
This is getting ridiculous. I walked down Queen Street West last week with a couple of colleagues from the Toronto Pedestrian Committee, to find that the...