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LORINC: Can there be a Kumbaya moment for the Gardiner?
In the wake of the intense session at the public works committee, the Gardiner East battle was joined by North York councillor James Pasternak, who is...
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ROBINSON: Merging technology and civic engagement
Toronto 2015 is a complex political landscape. We have private money frantically building new developments, yet we have tremendous public infrastructure...
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Building the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension
The Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE) is advancing towards completion in the Northwest end of the city. The project is now scheduled to open...
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Cadillac-sized strollers and complicated commute patterns
We’ve all done it. Sighed or even rolled our eyes at a mom with a seemingly Cadillac-sized stroller blocking the streetcar aisle. If we knew where some of...
By Jay Pitter -
Shredding paper is adding time to your commute
Mayor Tory is trying to tackle Toronto’s $6 billion traffic congestion problem by cracking down on lane-blocking vehicles, but shredding trucks might be...
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PAN AM PATH: Summer of art in Toronto
Of all the events happening around the Pan and Parapan Am Games this summer, the Pan Am Path Art Relay could be the most innovative example of what a...
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The TTC is the set of a late night talk show
A Toronto comedian is using the TTC subway as the studio for his makeshift late night talk show. Host Matt O’Brien interviews guests on the TTC’s iconic...
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First Canadian Place: 40 years on top in Toronto
First Canadian Place has been the tallest skyscraper in Canada for four decades now. At 298.1 metres from sidewalk to rooftop, the brilliant white tower...
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Remembering the Great Toronto Fire of 1904
It was a miserably cold night, with bitter gusts of wind and a light snow even though it was the middle of April. And about an hour after sunset, things...
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Good Reads: Spring 2015 Edition of Fort York’s newsletter Fife & Drum
The spring edition of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum was released recently. Loads of maps and pictures in this issue, and...
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LORINC: Tearing down Gardiner East is all in the numbers
Does the melodrama over the projected two- to ten-minute delay that may occur due to the removal of the lower portion of the Gardiner resemble a farce...
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Toronto politics in a hashtag
It was 2010. The G20 protests were in the news, and Rob Ford was running for mayor. Some of Toronto’s Twitter users took to the web to air their...
By Kat Eschner
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered