By Dylan Reid
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Walking maps for Toronto
At the Toronto Pedestrian Committee meeting yesterday, we learned about the new version of the Toronto Parks and Trails map, which has just been released...
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Swiss Carnival in Toronto
Carnival or Mardi Gras celebrations — the big party before the 40 days of fasting leading up to Easter in the Catholic Christian tradition —...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Church Parking variation
Here’s a more elaborate variation on the “Thou Shalt Not Park” sign on a church parking lot — this one specifies that, in addition...
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Sidewalk enforcement
Here’s a rare but welcome sight — a vehicle parked on the sidewalk being ticketed. Too often, parking half on the sidewalk is treated as...
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Anyone can be a monument — for 60 minutes
Trafalgar Square, in the heart of the city of London, England, is famous for its statue of Admiral Nelson (victor of the Battle of Trafalgar) high at the...
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Are city issues on the NDP radar?
After the first ballot at the NDP leadership convention, Michael Prue was dropped from the ballot after getting only 11.5% of the vote. While his...
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NDP Convention: the candidates on city issues
We’re (myself and Matt Blackett) at the Ontario NDP leadership convention in Hamilton, looking to see what the NDP candidates have to say about the...
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Study finds that removing parking to install bike lanes or widen sidewalk would benefit businesses on Bloor
Proposals to install bike lanes and/or widen sidewalks on main streets in Toronto almost always require the removal of parking spaces along the street...
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Event Guide: “Urban Goddess: Jane Jacobs Reconsidered” — World premiere on TVO
TVO is premiering what sounds like an interesting documentary about Jane Jacobs’ legacy tonight (Wed. Feb. 18) at 10 pm. The documentary features...
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Crow uses a pedestrian crossing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPHxA8-aaE[/youtube] I found this delightful video about crows adapting to an urban environment and even learning...
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Event Guide: The Toronto Trilogy — Architecture for Humanity lecture series
Architecture for Humanity Toronto (a4hTO) is presenting its 2009 Lecture Series starting next Monday. This year the lectures are hosted by the Design...
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Experiments with creating walking maps
I recently had the privilege of observing a fascinating exercise in mapping walking routes in St. Jamestown. Youth from the high-rise district marked up...