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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Sean Marshall

  • Brougham: A “lost village” in the making

    Brougham, a small village at the corner of Highway 7 and Brock Road in Pickering, doesn’t quite make the usual criteria for a “lost...

  • GTA’s lost villages: Churchville

    Only a mere two kilometres  north of Meadowvale, in Brampton, is another “lost” village, Churchville. Both communities share a lot in common...

  • GTA’s Lost Villages: Meadowvale

    The latest installment in this series brings us to Meadowvale Village, a well-preserved rural settlement that is now all but lost in Mississauga’s...

  • GTA’s lost villages: Thistletown

    23 Jason Road, Thistletown’s first house, built around 1802 Thistletown, perhaps Toronto’s best-hidden historic neighbourhood, is located at...

  • GTA’s lost villages: Agincourt

    The brutalist Chelmsford Apartment towers loom over an old village house. This is the first in a series I plan to do over the next little while on the...

  • York University Busway: Below the Radar

    2009 has proven to be a busy year for transit in the Greater Toronto Area. In Toronto alone, 2009 saw construction begin on the Spadina Subway Extension...

  • Free vintage streetcar ride on St. Clair Saturday

    A PCC streetcar on the Harbourfront line, May 2009 By turning on the power on the overhead wires, the work is now essentially complete on the section of...

  • A bad day for the TTC

    Good luck to anyone trying to get north of Bloor Street today on the subway. Just after the TTC announced a major fare increase, the Yonge Subway line is...

  • The land that Timeline forgot

    Until December 31, 1999, the TTC had a convenient mobile schedule system called Timeline. An early post on Spacing Toronto gives a history of the system...

  • GO expands its empire as coach operators retreat

    Yesterday, Tuesday, October 20 2009, the last Coach Canada bus departed the Guelph bus terminal for its run down Highway 6 to Waterdown, McMaster...

  • Ad Creep: “Spirit is Everything”

    On Friday, I noticed that the sidewalks around the Yonge-Queen intersection have been painted with stenciled ad messages promoting the Toronto Maple...

  • Google Street View goes live

    The Google Street View of Spadina Avenue at Sullivan Street. The Toronto Star reported earlier this morning that Google Street View is now live in the...