By Dylan Reid
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First test of sidewalk snow-and-ice clearing
As Torontonians negotiated snowy and icy sidewalks this past week, some were no doubt reminded of the problems the city had last winter with clearing...
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Kingwell vs. Florida?
In an article in The Walrus earlier this year, Mark Kingwell referred to fellow urban thinker/public intellectual/University of Toronto professor/sometime...
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New transit shelters eating into sidewalk space
New TTC shelter at Queen West and Peter In recent weeks, while walking on routes which have been familiar to me for years on Queen Street West and Hoskin...
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Heavier U.S. population uses billions of dollars more worth of fuel
For the most recent issue of Spacing (coming out next week) I reviewed a book by Mary Soderstrom called The Walkable City. It’s full of interesting...
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Gift Guide: Phoenix Print Shop Holiday Cards
If you’re planning on sending holiday cards this year, consider getting them from Foundations of Print, a program run by Phoenix Print Shop that...
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Event Guide: Book launch – “There Never Was a Better Time”
Local historian Doug Taylor (who is one of my neighbours) recently published his book There Never Was a Better Time, a fictionalized retelling of his...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Lawn Chair Parking
I saw this “official graffiti” stencil on Queen West just east of University, in preparation for the annual Santa Claus Parade this weekend. I...
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Event Guide: World Town Planning Day
There’s a World Town Planning Day! Who knew? I didn’t, although perhaps some of our readers had heard of it. And it’s happening this...
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Bike Share Programs: community or commercial?
As Toronto contemplates introducing a large-scale bike-sharing program, a key decision it will have to make is whether the municipality (or a related...
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EVENT GUIDE: Ways to walk this week
As Toronto’s October “Festival of Walking” draws to a close, here are a couple of interesting walking-themed events for the week. The...
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EVENT GUIDE: Lawrence Heights walking-cycling consultation
As part of a revitalization project for the Lawrence-Allen area, including Lawrence Heights, the City of Toronto is asking local residents about...
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Walking Adelaide West
On probably the last warm day of the year, I went for a holiday Monday walk along Adelaide Street West, where it becomes a local street after Bathurst...