Community
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Jump Starting Community through Cricket: Valley Park Middle School’s Journey
Like kids across the city, students at Valley Park Middle School are getting into the swing of a new school year. Beyond new books and classes, there is...
By Hilary Best -
Free City Press: Turning Gallery Space into a Community Hub
It’s Thursday afternoon, and though the Free City Press’s submission deadline was yesterday, Editor-in-Chief J.P. King is still hashing out ideas with his...
By Hilary Best -
EVENT: Alexandra Park Mural Launch
This weekend, five young artists from Alexandra Park will celebrate the launch of their 50 foot mural. The launch marks the culmination of a five week...
By Hilary Best -
STREET SCENE: Ice Cream Truck
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Transit, “soaking,” and you
TTC streetcars bunched at Spadina northbound at Queen There is a problem of intentional bunching of streetcars and buses by a small few, but a very...
By Sean Marshall -
GUEST POST: an open letter from one Toronto cyclist to another
Editor’s Note: Toronto cyclist Emma Woolley recently posted an open letter to her fellow cyclists on her Tumblr. Spring’s here, we’ve...
By Spacing -
Headspace: Tim Jones, Artscape
This regular online series will feature interviews with fascinating and influential urban thinkers, with a focus on discussing how Toronto can become a...
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Stories from the Big Apple: In Fine Company
If there’s any takeaway from the recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers report ranking Toronto second behind New York City for the world’s best city for finance...
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Heritage developer Paul Oberman dies in plane crash
News broke earlier this afternoon that Paul Oberman, the developer behind the restoration of prominent Toronto heritage properties including the Gooderham...
By Todd Harrison -
The future of Tower Renewal
The Tower Neighbourhood Renewal plan (aka Mayor’s Tower Renewal) is an ambitious initiative with great potential to increase the quality of life of...
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The peep shows of construction sites
Yes, they are small portholes into a normally mysterious underworld. But no, that’s not human flesh on the other side of those walls. Instead, what one...
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STREET SCENE: Step By This
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese