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Event & exhibition: Telling — An audio survey of Parkdale
A new exhibition curated by Gallery 1313 has set site-specific audio art works throughout Parkdale until November 30th. Stop by the gallery on a Parkdale...
By Shawn Micallef -
2013 Excellence in Planning Awards recap
Projects based on making communities healthier and more livable were recognized at the Ontario Professional Planners Institute’s (OPPI) 27th annual...
By Josh Sherman -
Toronto Public Library’s Writer in Residence, Shawn Micallef, wants you walking and writing your city
This fall I’m honoured to be the Writer in Residence at the Toronto Public Library. One of the things we’re hoping to encourage is more...
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Regent Park Placemakers: Meet Aleshia, a former Angry Girl
This past spring, Jay led her first ever Jane’s Walk — the Not So Typical Regent Park Walk. As a writer and narratologist, Jay was interested in leading a...
By Jay Pitter -
Regent Park Placemakers: Youth Empowering Parents
This past spring, Jay led her first ever Jane’s Walk — the Not So Typical Regent Park Walk. As a writer and narratologist, Jay was interested in leading a...
By Jay Pitter -
Ford Fest Scarborough — Revisiting Bendale circa 2004
Tonight is the Ford Brother’s Scarborough “Ford Fest” at Thomson Park in the Bendale neighbourhood. If the party is anything like the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Growing up in an Etobicoke Highrise & the sound of Toronto’s heartbeat
Poor amenities. Bad transit. Poor. Bad. Badly poor and poorly bad. You hear these things often about so called tower-in-the-park buildings that sprouted...
By Sheraz Khan -
Thinking Local: An Architecture for Humanity Toronto Lecture
This past Tuesday night, I joined a packed house at CSI Annex for the latest of Architecture for Humanity Toronto’s Lecture & Symposium Series on the...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
What to do in the event of a zombie attack
An unidentified parasite is infecting people across the city. Legions of infected Torontonians lurch through the streets, in search of one thing...
By Mike Bulko -
Toronto educator & skateboard evangelist Craig Morrison
When I arrived at Saving Gigi to meet Craig Morrison, founding teacher of the Oasis Skateboard Factory, I almost didn’t recognize him. Tall, bearded, and...
By Hilary Best -
Event: Keep Toronto Reading 2013
Every April, Toronto Public Library reminds us how much this city loves to read with Keep Toronto Reading, a month-long celebration of literature. At...
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Urban Planet: Youngstown and other American cities are shrinking to survive
If you are a Bruce Springsteen fan, you might already be aware of the hard times that have hit Youngstown, Ohio. Once a steel giant, Youngstown has lost...
By Jonathan Zettel