By Emma Feltes
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Charred High Park playground still a bastion of community camaraderie
I think it must have been grade five, when, one particularly vivid afternoon, a group of gregarious grown-ups walked into my classroom at High Park...
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Artists hit the Junction by (yarn) storm
With the Junction Arts Festival just around the corner, a group of local knitters who’ve dubbed themselves the “Junction Yarnstormers”...
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G20: Hitting us where it hurts
It was an eerie experience traversing Toronto’s should-be-bustling downtown streets in the days leading up to the G20. But it wasn’t freedom I...
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How would a National Housing Strategy impact our cities?
cross-posted from Spacing Atlantic HALIFAX — National Housing Day was first marked on the calendar by a team of Toronto housing advocates on Nov 22...
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Events Guide: lecture and film screening on the history of Toronto’s movie theatres
WHAT: “Toronto Movie Theatres: Palaces for the People,” lecture by Paul Moore; followed by screening of the documentary, Dreamland: A History...
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Divercycling: a look at who’s (not) biking in Toronto
“Why is cycling such a ‘white’ sport?” asks this Monday’s headline on the Guardian’s bike blog. In the article, author...
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World Wide Wednesday: a global tour of car-free festivities, David Byrne’s “Bicycle Diaries,” and Google Street View via tricycle
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites...
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Youth paint cycling-themed mural on Dupont
New bike lanes are not the only reason why Dupont has recently moved up on my list of preferred cycling routes. Just this Tuesday, as I approached the...
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South East Scarborough Pow Wow
“From the rez to the city, my people are you with me? You’re tuned in to the chief of the concrete city,†rapped hip-hop artist Wabs Whitebird...
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Reaching the Summit: New Approaches to Street Design
Just three days into this year’s Bike Month, a damp May 28th was host to Bike Summit 2009, a day-long conference on cycling policy co-hosted by the...
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Newcomers Have Much to Offer Toronto Cycling Culture
“The story about newcomers coming to Canada is all about their skills not being recognized,” said Peter Dorfman of Toronto Public Health...
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Reaching the Summit: Cycling Advocacy and Community Engagement
Just three days into this year’s Bike Month, a damp May 28th was host to Bike Summit 2009, a day-long conference on cycling policy co-hosted by the...