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Activate the Park II
For the second year in a row, our first-year interaction design students at the Ontario College of Art and Design have been charged with the task of...
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Homeless Signs
Those who read city blogs like BlogTO and various urban-minded Flickr feeds may have seen photos of a series of official looking signs around town that...
By Shawn Micallef -
Pedestrian signals next target of outdoor advertising?
Bike Toronto has just broken the news of an April 1 initiative at city hall to raise revenue by selling advertising space in the unused part of pedestrian...
By Dylan Reid -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: March 29th, 2007
Getting out the foreign vote They say diversity is our strength, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Toronto city council — a mere 6.8...
By Dale Duncan -
Pay the speeding ticket or take it to court?
Because a family member has been in a North York hospital for the last two weeks, I’ve been in possession of my mother’s car so I can hit the...
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Come to the TTC’s 10th annual public meeting
The TTC is inviting the public to give them ideas on how to improve service. We are looking for ideas on where and when to add new routes, or how we could...
By Craig Cal -
Monday (and weekend) headlines
A compendium of articles from the weekend and Monday. TRANSIT ISSUES • Mind the transit funding gap [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto transit dream...
By Matthew Blackett -
Public Dublin
Though only in Dublin a very short time, I got the feeling it’s a happy city. And a public one. The streets in the city centre are absolutely full...
By Shawn Micallef -
Public space as a tool for world peace
Budapest, 2004 On March 17, 2007 Peace Signs will be formed on every continent of Earth. The demonstrations will take place in London, Nairobi, Buenos...
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Friday’s Headlines
Toronto garbage collector, 1930. • The city’s new heart [ Toronto Star ] • Plant Architect design chosen for Nathan Phillips Square ...
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Upholstering a tree stump: A how-to guide
You can create a how-to guide for anything these days, and Madelon Galland has done just that, with the help of SuperNaturale, a website dedicated to the...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
• Arborists tackle 4,860 calls like a ‘triage unit’ [ National Post ] • Gardiner closed for 2nd day [ Toronto Star ] • Drivers...
By Julie Yamin