Green Space
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Walking maps for Toronto
At the Toronto Pedestrian Committee meeting yesterday, we learned about the new version of the Toronto Parks and Trails map, which has just been released...
By Dylan Reid -
In defense of the urban coyote
In defense of the urban coyote by Matt Howatt They have adapted to urban life and survived near the top of the urban food chain mostly out of sight and...
By Spacing -
Crow uses a pedestrian crossing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPHxA8-aaE[/youtube] I found this delightful video about crows adapting to an urban environment and even learning...
By Dylan Reid -
Tips for winter cycling
Toronto is once again having a snowy winter, and the City’s Coldest Day of the Year Ride for cyclists is coming up this Friday (January 30). With...
By Melissa Iwankewycz -
Building Storeys: Little House in the Valley
Milne House (2008), photographed by Olena Sullivan ED: Heritage Toronto’s Gary Miedema will be making a series of posts on structures around the...
By Gary Miedema -
Ban smoking at sports fields, too
Toronto’s Board of Health and Parks and Environment Committee are recommending [PDF] City Council ban smoking within nine meters of Toronto...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Sidewalk ploughed!
When I got to Queen Street West around Spadina on my way to work this morning, I discovered a pleasant surprise — a long stretch of the sidewalk had...
By Dylan Reid -
First test of sidewalk snow-and-ice clearing
As Torontonians negotiated snowy and icy sidewalks this past week, some were no doubt reminded of the problems the city had last winter with clearing...
By Dylan Reid -
Heavier U.S. population uses billions of dollars more worth of fuel
For the most recent issue of Spacing (coming out next week) I reviewed a book by Mary Soderstrom called The Walkable City. It’s full of interesting...
By Dylan Reid -
Event Guide: Lake Ontario wind power community meeting
WHAT: Meeting about installing windmills in Lake Ontario WHEN: Monday, November 24 @ 6:30pm WHERE: Sir Wilfred Laurier Collegiate Institute, 145 Guildwood...
By Spacing -
Do the shuffle
Councillor Joe Mihevc‘s unfortunate and undeserved ousting as chair of the Community Development and Recreation Committee and Councillor Michael...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Toronto pastoral
On a late afternoon walk around Fort York and the CNE we found these two small horses (donkey? pony? mini-horse?) tied to a tree outside the new townhomes...
By Shawn Micallef