Infrastructure
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Ottawa is 1978
I took the train to Ottawa a few weeks ago, a city I’ve only visited on two other occasions (once to write a story about the G20 Summit in November...
By Shawn Micallef -
Amen!
Toronto City Councillor and Budget Chief Shelley Carroll released a statement this afternoon in response to federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty telling...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Move over taxis, New York City cyclists gain a lane
NEW YORK — It definitely takes a person of great fortitude to become a New York City cyclist. A daily trip may involve encounters with wayward...
By Joseph Clement -
A public-private re-Union
Calling Union Station a gateway to Toronto, Mayor David Miller unveiled the revitalization plan for Union Station in the heritage building’s Great...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
The invisible presence of parking
Three of us working on The Impervious P-lot congregated in Montreal to interview Gina Laurel, an architect working on a Communications PhD about water...
By Amber Yared -
Cherry Street Bridge
Last night we did some midnight exploring of the Portlands and Cherry Beach area. Saw some folks parked in cars with steamy windows as per usual, but also...
By Shawn Micallef -
FairDevelopmentCharges.to
For those of us who find fault with the real estate and development industries for being more concerned with building profits than cities, October was our...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Friday Infrastructure Mystery
Spacing reader David Creelman sent us this photo a few weeks ago of a metal lid embedded in the sidewalk on Cambridge Avenue (Broadview/Danforth) and...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto Reference Library 30th Anniversary
Toronto’s greatest indoor public space is celebrating its 30th Anniversary tomorrow (Friday Nov. 2) with a day long program of events. Two years ago...
By Shawn Micallef -
Concrete Toronto
When I was young the Toronto of my imagination was not Victorian, precious or gingerbread in anyway. It was concrete. Slabs of it. Along the ground, up...
By Shawn Micallef -
Get down with downspout disconnection
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Illegaldownspouts.ca — okay, so this website doesn’t really exist, but in a matter of three years it might. This...
By Dale Duncan -
Community Garden Paves Way for “Improvements”?
So-called “Bloorcourt Village” residents were startled to see the former Concord Avenue Community Gardens south of Bloor suddenly more barren...
By Liz Clayton