Neighbourhoods
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Active 18 design charrette
Originally posted on March 1st. This afternoon, Active 18 — the Queen West West community group that’s formed to provide a voice for residents...
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Scavenging uTOpia
When: Sunday February 26, 2-5pm Where: Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West, free Do you have city savvy? Detective-like determination? Intimate...
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Queen Street of Hearts
Those crazy kids from Newmindspace were at it again — last night/this morning a team of chalker made a mural of hearts along Queen Street West from...
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Alexandra Park Memorial Mural
An attractive mural has been painted onto a wall on Cameron Street, at the edge of the Alexandra Park housing development, in memory of a long-time...
By Dylan Reid -
Queen St. West Heritage meeting
The second Public Meeting for the Queen Street West Heritage Conservation District Study will be held on Wednesday February 22, 2006 — 7:30pm at...
By Dylan Reid -
TTC to reconnect station to its landscape
The TTC has hired a group including noted Toronto architects Brown + Storey to help re-configure Victoria Park station and re-connect it to the ravine...
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Island airport debate
The debate for federal candidates held on the waterfront last night showed the animosity towards an Island airport is very much a hot local issue. Nealry...
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When condos attack and defending suburbia
Eye Weekly is running a series of articles on development in Toronto. In the first piece, “Beyond NIMBY,” Spacing‘s managing editor Dale...
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Honk if you like Transit
Kevin McGran reports in today’s Toronto Star that GTA tranist use is higher than ever. This suburban transit enthusiasm is evident in the magazine...
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Toronto’s Public Spaces in 2005
Both Eye Weekly and NOW ran excellent 2005 year in review features. Here’s the stuff they pointed out that the Spacing Wire thinks is worth...
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Reading Toronto
Some might say that the Reading Toronto blog is our competition, but in fact they are our friends. RT offers readers intelligent critique and ideas that...
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Stay Connected
Patrick Evans writes in the Toronto Star about a Statistics Canada report connecting strong community feelings with health and longevity. The article...
By Chris Hardwicke