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  • Toronto People Project

    Neil Gunner wants to talk to you. He started a photo web site called the Toronto People Project. He asks random people if he can take their photo. Most of...

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  • Signs of Life

    Signs of Life is a book by Dave Askwith and Alex Normanton that chronicles the subtle art of changing official signage into amusing social commentary. The...

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  • Warm days and beach criminals

    This was the weekend that Toronto was set free — the first warm couple of days, when the thick heavy coats are left behind (not that it’s been...

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  • Bike lane on Bloor

    It is for real this time — there is a bike lane on Bloor Street West. Well, kinda. An anonymous reader sent us the above photos and wrote, “I...

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  • Bike lane stunt on Bloor

    Cycling activists are holding a bike-lane making party on Friday at 2pm at Bloor and Yonge (the above photo is an attempt to visualize what the lane would...

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  • Anti-postering by-law not so anti anymore

    I’ve been interested in city politics since my early-teenage years. My grandparents were active political volunteers and got me involved in every...

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  • Cops on horses

    Excuse me, but this post is a bit of a rant, so feel free to skip over. On Thursday last week, a police officer on a horse was struck by a car. The horse...

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  • TTC bullies creator of station anagram map

    This seems rather odd, but the TTC has decided to send Robot Johnny a cease and desist letter for his anagram remix of subway station names. I agree with...

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  • Public Chairs

    Used chairs are taken from the trash and are being transformed into public property by spraying the words “public chair” on them. That way they get a...

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  • Queen Street of Hearts

    Those crazy kids from Newmindspace were at it again — last night/this morning a team of chalker made a mural of hearts along Queen Street West from...

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  • Postering Project in Montreal

    Montreal currently has extremely restrictive postering by-laws. Postering is allowed on construction hoardings (which are private property) and on private...

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  • Who Runs This Town?

    New Website Launched Today: Who Runs This Town? With one election over, another is just beginning! In recent years, Toronto’s municipal elections...

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