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By Matthew Blackett

  • TTC to test two-hour tranfer system

    The TTC is embarking on a new initiative that will be piloted on St Clair Ave. for the next 18 months. Passengers will be able to request a ‘time...

  • NOW takes on smog

    Last week NOW ran an article on the top 10 things Toronto can do to fight smog in the city. The ideas may be unrealistic in the current political climate...

  • Trashing EUCAN bins

    Toronto Star columnist Slinger wrote a great piece ripping apart the EUCAN monster garbage bins. And he didn’t stop the blame game there — he...

  • Get out of the city in the city

    Spacing managing editor Dale Duncan wrote the cover story for Eye Weekly this week, “Urban Escape: how to get away from the concrete grind without...

  • What to do with Scarborough RT

    There is some real concern about what is going to happen to the aging Scarborough Rapid Transit line. It was built with unique and not-widely used...

  • Does Toronto need a design review panel?

    John Sewell wrote a column in Eye this week on Toronto’s desire to implement a design review panel for architecture and urban design. There are many...

  • A Summer’s walk along Concord & Delaware

    The Toronto Architectural Conservancy presents A Summer’s Walk down verdant Concord & Delaware Avenues on Sunday July 24th at 2PM. Why these...

  • The Beaches Guardian Angel

    It is not often that a newspaper does an obituary on a street person, but the Toronto Star did so this past weekend on The Beaches’ Steve Whale...

  • Coke wants billboard removed

    An interesting battle is going down in India between Coca-Cola and photogrpaher Sharad Haksar. He has been using a billboard space for three years to...

  • The Beautiful City Billboard Fee

    Them.ca, a Toronto-based non-profit street art organization, announced today the launch of a new project called The Beautiful City Billboard Fee (BCBF)...

  • Sinister Paradise of Dubai

    Dubai, the Las Vegas of the Middle East, has a distinctive and inviolable criterion when it comes to development in its city: everything must be...

  • Get to know the city this weekend

    This weekend there are a number of excellent public space related events that are worth checking out. 1. Sorauren Park Summer Festival. Saturday. Spacing...