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Unveiling the Bloor Viaduct’s Luminous Veil
At night, the Rosedale Ravine is dark. It’s so dark, in fact, that the Bloor Viaduct is just shapes overhead, cobwebby steel arches and thick square...
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LORINC: Toronto’s connection to U.S. Supreme Court’s same sex marriage ruling
There’s a strange but compellingly human irony in that fact that last week’s momentous same-sex marriage ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court can be traced...
By John Lorinc -
Gardiner East: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Megacity
On Thursday, June 11, Toronto City Council voted to maintain the Gardiner Expressway between Jarvis Street and the Don Valley Parkway, endorsing the...
By Sean Marshall -
The fall of Sir Henry Pellatt, king of Casa Loma
A carved marble fountain of child figures supporting a dolphin, a solid bronze buffalo head, and hundreds of champagne flutes, wine glasses, and ceramic...
By Chris Bateman -
REID: Busting some myths about pedestrian collisions
Toronto Public Health published a report this week analyzing the police statistics for collisions where vehicles hit pedestrians and cyclists, Pedestrian...
By Dylan Reid -
A tour of Queen & Spadina a hundred years ago
It has been nearly 200 years since the intersection of Queen & Spadina was born. When the two roads first met, Toronto still wasn’t even a city...
By Adam Bunch -
Archival film of the 1990 Toronto Pride celebration
Today at Noon the City of Toronto kicks off Pride Week by raising the rainbow flag at City Hall and to celebrate here is a new video of the 1990 Toronto...
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BURALE: Why are we so reluctant to truly end carding?
In Toronto, it is now in vogue to be down with the cause that is Stop Carding Now. The media is on board, so are some prominent Torontonians — heck, even...
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Made in Toronto film: Porch Stories premiers at the TIFF Lightbox Friday June 19
What: Porch Stories When: Friday June 19th — Thursday June 25th 6:45PM Tickets: Via the TIFF website Toronto is (in)famous for being the stand-in for...
By Shawn Micallef -
LORINC: We were promised Tory The Consensus Builder
I know that many politicians are ardent devotees of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s lovely old putdown, “consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” I also know...
By John Lorinc -
MESLIN: Why don’t we do it in the road?
Toronto is no stranger to painted murals. From Art Starts to Mural Routes to the City’s StART program, we’re increasingly beautifying the...
By Dave Meslin -
Blending public and private space at Winchester Park
When you boil it down, there are really two basic types of open space in a city: public and private. You’ve got your beaches, ravines, parks, and plazas...
By Jake Tobin Garrett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered