Community
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Skateboards and falcons
As Dylan Reid posted a few days ago, there is a bit of a community uproar in Etobicoke’s New Toronto neighbourhood. It seems residents don’t...
By Matthew Blackett -
A Roar
I was walking home through Hart House Circle, in the heart of the largely-deserted University of Toronto. There were not a lot of people around. I had...
By Dylan Reid -
The Wealth of Cities
HiMY SYeD is sending reports about the World Urban Forum to the Spacing Wire. Here is his third report. A thousand people are squished in and outside of...
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Public space in the news today
There are a whack of articles in the Star today that relate to public space issues: City councillors gave general approval yesterday for city staff to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Is it cute multiculturalism or scary hooliganism?
A few of us have been complaining about the World Cup celebrations going on around Toronto. Quietly, to ourselves, not wanting to be the inevitable...
By Shawn Micallef -
Excuse me, but we’re number 3!
While Toronto may lag behind other cities it our quest to be a “world-class city” (probably now the most over-hyped and meaningless word in...
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There’s more to World Cup than soccer
It was nice to read a sports column today in the Star that wasn’t exactly about sports. Cathal Kelly, the Star’s man at the World Cup in...
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Public space in the news today
• The Feds have tabled a law that specifies street racing as a crime. • The Howard Moscoe saga continues: Moscoe came under fire at council...
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Inner City Outtripping
Spacing Editor Dale Duncan has written in Eye about a program in Toronto that takes inner-city youth on camping trips within the city itself, using areas...
By Dylan Reid -
Pedestrian Picnics
Ordinarily, you’d think one of the last places to have a picnic would be a gas station. Not so for the organizers of Streets are for Picnics! On...
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To Wear or Not To Wear
A grad student recently did a study of the percentage of Toronto bike riders who wear helmets (it is voluntary if you’re over 18). Turns out that...
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70% of election funds from developers in 905 region
The Star has an article today (as does the Globe’s John Barber) about political donations in the 905-region. In Vaughan, “the city above...
By Matthew Blackett