Green Space
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Best of 2006: lists from around the continent
Did you know that for the first time in North America there are more poor residents of suburbs than central cities? Or that America’s older...
By Matthew Blackett -
Best of 2006: Tree Pit Liberation
All over Toronto in 2006 people and businesses have been removing the cement covers that strangle our street trees, turning that little patch of uncovered...
By Shawn Micallef -
This week’s alternative reading
In this week’s NOW, Mike Smith describes our mayor as “a kitten with a mandate — and now, the lieutenants to carry it out.†He writes...
By Spacing -
Chainlink Beautiful?
The new “Bennet Gates” at the south end of Philosopher’s Walk on the University of Toronto campus recently won a “Clean and...
By Dylan Reid -
Monday’s links to weekend articles
This is the best photo of Toronto I have seen in a long time. It was posted in Torontoist’s Flickr Pool and is making the rounds on the internet...
By Matthew Blackett -
Dovercourt tree tour and community bonfire
This Saturday, December 2 at 1:00p.m., arborist about town and Spacing contributor Todd Irvine of LEAF and local tree advocate Andrea Dawber of GreenHere...
By Dale Duncan -
A compendium of links
Lightning loves the tower [Toronto Star]: Keraunophobes, don’t look up. The CN Tower is struck by lightning more frequently than any other structure...
By Matthew Blackett -
Soccer fields in the Port Lands — the continuing debate
A view from what will one day be called Lake Ontario Park. Thursday night, I went to the Port Lands Action Committee meeting to learn more about the...
By Dale Duncan -
Lecture on “The New Landscape”
Christopher Hume profiles local landscape architect Janet Rosenberg in the Star today. She says interesting things about the difficulty of creating...
By Dylan Reid -
The fate of the Cherry Beach trees
Anyone interested in learning more about plans to build soccer fields on the contaminated, but forested, soils by Cherry Beach — and judging by the...
By Dale Duncan -
Last Pedestrian Sunday of 2006 in Kensington this weekend
This Sunday marks the final Final Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market of 2006. Here are some of the details: • Sunday October 29th – Rain or...
By Matthew Blackett -
Carpooling lanes saving time for GTA commuters
According to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, GTA commuters can save up to 25 minutes if they use carpooling lanes. And more high-occupancy vehicle...
By Matthew Blackett