Green Space
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Sustainable City or Sustainable Illusion?
HiMY SYeD is sending daily reports from the World Urban Forum to the Spacing Wire. Here is his second report. 7:43 am and it is standing room only at...
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The Impacts of Traffic on Health
The City of Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health released a damning report in March on “The Impacts of Traffic on Health”. The report is...
By Dylan Reid -
Parks, Plazas and Squares
Project for Public Spaces‘ website has a new series of articles on public Parks, Plazas & Squares including their approach to design and Ten...
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New Toronto recycle calendar goes back in time
Spacing Wire reader Derek Wuenschirs sent us an email today that was a good laugh — the City has released the new recycling calendar for 2006 and...
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Distillery is anti-franchise, the airport LINK, and small town efficiency
All articles are from today’s Toronto Star. Distillery avoids sameness: from Chistopher Hume today…. For most visitors, the Distillery...
By Matthew Blackett -
Headlines worth following
Here are a few headlines worth following today, and I’d love to hear your comments about: The City of Toronto Act: the new law passed yesterday at...
By Matthew Blackett -
Pressure from West-end Waterfront residents working on Watson
In April, the Spacing Wire reported on a plan to turn some waterfront parkland near the newly renovated Palais Royale into a parking lot. The Parkdale...
By Dylan Reid -
Green the ‘burbs
Hume in the Star today (click here for full article): So far, builders, especially suburban builders, have blithely ignored the consequence of what they...
By Matthew Blackett -
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 -
King-Spadina Area Plan Review
Last night, I attended a very interesting presentation/workshop about a review of the city’s “secondary plan” (the detailed urban...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto beaches open today
From the Toronto Star: Toronto’s city beaches officially opened for business yesterday with some city councillors frolicking in the 16C waters off...
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Native Tree Walk at Brickworks
June 11th 2-4PM Join arborist, Todd Irvine, for a guided tour of the native trees within the stunning quarry and adjacent ravine of the Don Valley Brick...
By Shawn Micallef