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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Sean Marshall

  • TTC decisions: higher fares, no cuts

    Earlier today, the Toronto Transit Commission held a special meeting to decide a course of action with regards to the recent budget directives. The 17,000...

  • Pier 27: What kind of waterfront do we want?

    (Photo taken of promotional display for Pier 27) Off the radar compared to many recent development proposals in this construction-crazy city, a new...

  • How to curb a car culture?

    The CBC and National Post are reporting today that a council committee is proposing higher property taxes for certain businesses (gas stations and...

  • Friday’s Headlines

    • Public raging at garden razing [ Toronto Star ] • Woman whose yard was razed receives letters informing her the backyard is next [ National...

  • Friday’s Headlines

    • Whitby has green dreams for work-at-home project [Toronto Star] • Goar: Fresh election, same stale tricks [Toronto Star] • Portion of 401...

  • Tuesday’s Headlines

    • HUME: Toronto is a metaphor of a country in decline [ Toronto Star ] • City service cuts stupid, Lastman says [ Toronto Star ] • Plan for...

  • Guelph: How urban sprawl affects transit

    Spacing Wire reader Denis Agar alerted us to changes to Guelph Transit in September that will inconvenience most transit riders. For years, Guelph Transit...

  • A Simcoe Day Treat from the TTC

    The TTC gave residents and waterfront tourists  a rare treat today — they ran both remaining restored Presidents’ Conference Committee (PCC...

  • Thursday’s Headlines

    • Queen W. condo plan a fine mess [ Toronto Star ] • A broadside from 905 [ Toronto Star ] • Tory urges council to seek audit before...

  • Wednesday’s Headlines

    • It’s time to drop the gloves and fight back [ Toronto Star ] • Group vows to squeeze cash from Queen’s Park [ National Post ...

  • Where have our streetcars gone? (Part II)

    My first post on the Wire discussed Kenosha, Wisconsin’s re-use of five ex-TTC PCC streetcars. Other disused streetcars that escaped the wreckers...

  • The hypocrisy of real estate brokers

    Thulasi Srikanthan and Tony Wong in The Toronto Star report today on the antagonism between real estate brokers and agents at a camp-out awaiting a...