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Winter cyclist profile — Tanya the IT Coordinator
This is part of a regular series of cyclist profiles, here on Spacing. Name / Occupation / Age Tanya Quinn/ IT Coordinator / 34 What do you use your bike...
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POLL: Do you like winter?
photo by Bouke Salverda Recently, someone said to me that winter was fun for them until we reached the age of responsibility — once we had things to...
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Winter cyclist profile — Cris the Bike Month organizer
Cyclist profiles are part of an ongoing series here on Spacing, and I Bike TO. In celebration of the season — and the City’s Bike Winter...
By Tammy Thorne -
Snow storm stories
When I looked out of my apartment window at 8am Sunday morning I could see nothing but white. It scared me, so I went back to bed for a few more hours...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Agenda: this week at City Hall
Toronto City Council has a heavy agenda [PDF] to get through at its meeting scheduled to run on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here are highlights of some of the...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
It was twenty-seven years ago today…
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wcm68UteL0M[/youtube] …that John Lennon was killed in New York. There are many memorials to Lennon on YouTube...
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More Toronto library branches go wireless
The world’s busiest public library system is (yet again) even better, part of a pattern at the city department it’s most difficult to find...
By Shawn Micallef -
CCTV Fashion Police
In Toronto and much of Canada, the introduction of CCTV by police to monitor public space is still in its infancy, passionately supported in some...
By Shawn Micallef -
ROM tries to move hot dog vendors “blocking Crystal view”
I just returned from a museums conference in Ottawa and was just sorting through my notes to post soon on a few of the surprisingly positive public space...
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Tree Tuesday: The travelling redbud
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
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BrownTOpia: Leaf Blower Hockey hits Scadding Park
While I’m very happy about yesterday’s GreenTOpia launch and the upcoming Building Sustainability series, I’m saddened to see this Star...
By Leah Sandals -
POLL: how long do you plan to ride your bike?
Winter is around the corner which means ideal conditions for riding your bike are slowly decreasing. So here’s our weekly Spacing poll: How long do...
By Matthew Blackett