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Articles on bike art, city hall stuff, farmer’s market, and a cool bridge
Here are a few articles from the weekend that are wroth exploring if you haven’t already. Art to hold your eye, and your bike [Globe and Mail]...
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Carlton Canyon
The walk west on Carlton has changed over the past year and become quite a nice and cozy canyon. The addition of the new glass condo just east of Yonge...
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Spacing nominated for Heritage Toronto Award
Spacing is pleased to announce the magazine is a finalist in tonight’s 32nd Annual Heritage Toronto Awards at the Carlu in the “Media”...
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Re/Discover Your City
The Harbourfront Centre is running a cool program called Re/Discover Your City. You can sign up for these tours. Or check out their web site. Tour: LOST...
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Building Blocks Exhibition
If you’re ever bored, or hiding from a rainstorm, go to the forth floor of the Toronto Reference Library and page through the city directories and...
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The Babe Gets a Plaque
A new plaque honouring the site of Babe Ruth’s first professional home run will be unveiled in a ceremony held at Hanlan’s Point on September...
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We tear down the good to erect the bad
Toronto skyline, 1931 Christopher Hume had an excellent piece in the Star yesterday. His opening three paragraphs are a reminder of what we’ve let...
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Saturday’s public space headlines
• Roadsworth getting his street cred [ Toronto Star ] • A problem with the Beav on Ward’s Island [ Toronto Star ] • A garden of...
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Blackout in Kensington
Today is the anniversary of the 2003 Blackout. Though it was extremely hot that night, it was also one of the best days I have ever experienced. I have...
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Toronto street signals introduced 81 years ago today
southwest corner, Yonge and Bloor, 1923. On this day in 1925, Toronto got to use street light signals for the first time at the Yonge and Bloor...
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Friday’s headlines before you leave for the long weekend
• The Way We Were: Simcoe Day history [ Toronto Sun ] • Up on cripple creek [ National Post ] • NYC group flunks T.O.’s waterfront ...
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Today’s public space headlines
BB King at the rebuilt Colonial Tavern, 1977 • City’s oldest firehall show its age [ Globe and Mail ] • Construction begins on new...
By Matthew Blackett