Neighbourhoods
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NOCD: Toronto’s Downtown Cultural Work District
Editor’s note: This is the second post in a series that investigates the emerging concept of the Naturally Occurring Cultural District (NOCD). Posts...
By Claire Nelischer -
My City Lives: Graffiti BoxMen Series Part 3
The Toronto based installation, Graffiti BoxMen project, was created with the intent to comment on the role of graffiti art in the urban environment...
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NO MEAN CITY: An affordable modern house in Leslieville? Yes
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Yes, that title sounds like a tease. (Eames era Knoll modern Mies van Der...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Laneway Housing: Berryman Street & Barton Myers revisited
EDITOR: This is a continuation in our series looking at the laneway housing projects created in a University of Toronto Architecture Faculty’s...
By Shawn Micallef -
My City Lives: “Old Town Toronto” part iv
In the fourth part of our series with famous Toronto Historian Bruce Bell around Old Town Toronto we ventured inside the popular St. Lawrence Market...
By My City Lives -
Sunday curiosity: The two Gerrard St. Easts
Walking down Carlaw after I moved to the east end not long ago, I noticed something very strange – just south of Gerrard St. East and Carlaw, you...
By Dylan Reid -
My City Lives: Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre
The Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre, slated to open this coming Fall, will be an important pillar for revitalizing the Regent Park Neighbourhood...
By My City Lives -
East York t-shirt sale until Friday!
WHAT: East York heritage-style t-shirt sale WHEN: Today and Friday (March 15-16, 2012) WHERE: on Spacing’s e-store COST: $22 (usually $30) and...
By Spacing -
Urban Planet: Extending the Lives of Bridges
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Inside CityPlace: My Yuppie Life
You could call me a yuppie. I live in a concrete box downtown. I work as a young professional at a prominent downtown non-profit. In the months when I can...
By Ryan Bolton -
Fourth Wall: The Impact of Citizens’ Associations on the Culture of Civic Engagement
This series features highlights from the ongoing exhibit The Fourth Wall: Transforming City Hall. The exhibit, on now at the Urbanspace Gallery, considers...
By Hilary Best -
FOOD: Recipes for community hubs pt. 1
Editor’s note: In our Fall 2011 issue, “Hungry City”, Liz Clayton and Sean Waisglass took a look at neighbourhood coffee shops and...
By Allie Hunwicks