By Sean Marshall
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Brampton’s Urban Frontier: Countryside Drive
In my hometown of Brampton, suburban development has continued to erode the old country landscape that even up to about 20 years ago, made up most of the...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Plastics Organics
On my way to Rochester last Sunday for a brief road trip, I spotted this rather strange banner sign near The Queensway and Islington in Etobicoke. A new...
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TTC brings out its heritage PCC streetcars Sunday
Heads up to all you streetcar fans out there: Starting this Sunday (May 11), the TTC will operate one or both of its two remaining PCC streetcars on the...
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Shops at Don Mills: The Newest Grey Space
Last week, the new Shops at Don Mills opened at Lawrence Avenue and Don Mills Road, in the heart of the pioneering 1950s suburb developed by EP Taylor.The...
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And the winner is…
Bombardier image of Flexity model, unfortunately wrongly signed. UPDATE 11:33AM — Bombardier has a website showcasing the new streetcars...
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Merger is a GO, support the DRL, bikes on more buses
In this post, I touch upon three different pieces of news in the local transit scene. The biggest news so far this week in transit has been the announced...
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Waterfront Toronto announces Queens Quay plan
UPDATE: There will be another opportunity for the public to comment and view the presentation materials tomorrow, Saturday, March 28 from 10:00 AM to...
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The sorry state of Wilson Station
As I currently live in the upper reaches of North York, Wilson Station is my “home” station as I use it more than any other. Built for the...
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Phoenix’s LRT and Part IV of where have our streetcars gone?
So far on this blog, I have discussed where some of Toronto’s PCC streetcars have gone after serving here. Five ex-TTC streetcars are in active...
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City Council boards the DRL bandwagon
Map courtesy of C. Livett; adapted and based upon 1980s Network 2011 DRL plan. Yesterday at the meeting of city council, the Yonge North subway extension...
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Saving a suburban supermarket
The Metro grocery store at Parkway Mall at Ellesmere and Victoria Park in Scarborough (Google Map |MSN Live Search Map) was just nominated for historical...
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2008 success story: the TTC
As much as I might not have believed it, the TTC has been one of Toronto greatest success stories of 2008, and it’s all about the little things...