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By Matthew Blackett

  • Toronto Bay Initiative photo contest

    The Toronto Bay Initiative is holding a photo contest. They are looking for photos that “celebrate the unique character, beauty and revitalization...

  • Carole Pope does not like what she sees

    Toronto rocker Carole Pope had some harsh words for the City of Toronto in a National Post piece yesterday called “Dude, where’s my...

  • Moscoe stays on; no perimeter seating

    It is possible that the lively discussion on our two recent posts about perimeter seating has not been for naught — the TTC has voted against the...

  • Art Attack! Saturday July 22nd

    Saturday July 22 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm making art at the Gladstone, 2nd floor 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Queen Street installations All Ages, Free or...

  • Style in Progress this weekend

    Starting on Thursday, Style in Progress will be hosting a four day graffiti festival: DJs, Hip Hop events, wall murals and art shows. The events take part...

  • MTV Canada and a TTC streetcar

    This MTV Canada promo video uses a TTC streetcar as a prop. I’m torn about whether this is something I should laugh off or be offended by. I do have...

  • Layout of seats on subway

    Just the other day I posted a video of a Berlin subway car which is very similar to the model the TTC is looking to buy. A commenter noted that the seat...

  • New garbage bins and newspaper boxes on T.O.’s streets

    It must be summer vacation at One Yonge Street because the Star is reporting today on the death of the MegaBins (Spacing reported this development back on...

  • A walk through a Berlin subway train

    There has been a lot of talk about the new subways the TTC wants to purchase (read more about it on this Wire post). To win us riders over, the TTC has a...

  • The grey areas of ad creep

    I came across three advertising campaigns that are worth noting. The first is a City of San Francisco outreach campaign to property owners asking them to...

  • The aesthetics of wind power

    I recently read an interesting article on the aesthetics of wind turbines. I’m going to come out and plead ignorance — I had no idea people...

  • Underground parking, skateboard parks, tourists in own city

    In the Star today: The price of underground parking: A Star reporter takes a look at the disappearing surface parking lots in Toronto and lauds the...