By Dylan Reid
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Boost for pedestrians in 2007 capital budget
I just came back from the capital budget open house at City Hall today, and there is good news for pedestrians in the City of Toronto’s 2007 capital...
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Walk21 Conference call for papers (and ideas)
In October, Toronto is hosting the major international conference on pedestrianism, Walk21. For contributions to this conference, they are looking for a...
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Magical skating moment
In medieval European chronicles, the authors would make a special note of years in which the local river froze over, which might happen once a decade...
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Toronto can and must set up an alternative to the OMB
Christopher Hume, interviewing former Toronto chief planner Paul Bedford, has written one of the best columns I’ve seen so far about the issue of...
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London, England pedestrian initiatives
Pedestrian cross in Kensington, London, England. – – – – – – – – As Toronto begins to work on creating a...
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City of Lights
Spacing Wire readers might enjoy this remarkable 360-degree image of Paris at night (scroll horizontally to see the whole thing). You can see many of the...
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Urban health research
The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (CUHI) in Toronto facilitates research that examines how the social and physical conditions in cities affect the...
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Civic improvements
CBC’s Metro Morning show this morning features an interview with Toronto’s chief planner, Ted Tyndorf, (RealPlayer streaming audio, 4:47...
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ROM seeks free ride
When buildings intrude beyond their private property into public space, they have to pay a small rental fee to the City for that space. The Royal Ontario...
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Where would you meet in Toronto?
I’m reading a very interesting book called The Wisdom of Crowds, by James Surowiecki. The author describes a fascinating experiment by a social...
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Perverse Psychogeography?
“Psychogeography” seems to be generally considered a relatively benign observational activity — a random drifting through the city to...
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Chainlink Beautiful?
The new “Bennet Gates” at the south end of Philosopher’s Walk on the University of Toronto campus recently won a “Clean and...