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PARKS IN CRISIS part 2: How the money flows
By John Lorinc and Kimberley Noble The information shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the numbers are nonetheless startling. According to data obtained by...
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PARKS IN CRISIS part 1: All built up and no place to go
By John Lorinc and Alex Steep At a raucous public meeting about the future of Bickford Park last year, emotions ran high. Some residents wanted to remove...
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LIVE STREAM: “The City as Laboratory” — TEDxYMCAAcademy
This is a live stream of the TEDxYMCAAcademy event, “The City as Laboratory.” It runs from 12pm until 2pm on Saturday, April 11, 2015. For...
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Artists to take over Chester station newsstand
A shuttered Gateway Newstand kiosk in Chester station will be opening up for business — and it’ll be showcasing more than just candy bars. A group of...
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Remembering an Olympic scramble intersection party
As City Council considers removal of the scramble at Bay and Bloor, many issues are up for debate: safety, usage levels and traffic congestion, the...
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Stadia mania: Toronto’s six-decade quest for a civic stadium
The Stadocentre, Metrodome, Astrodome, and Tower Dome: Toronto historically has had no lack of imagination when it comes to dreaming up gleaming...
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EVENT: A Walk With “Born to Walk” author Dan Rubinstein
Walk Toronto is hosting a walk with journalist and author Dan Rubinstein, who is about to publish his new book Born to Walk: The Transformative Power of a...
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The bloody Burlington Races and the war for Lake Ontario
They appeared out of the darkness, looming above the waves. Ten warships sailing across Lake Ontario, far out in the water south of Toronto. They were...
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EVENT: The City as Laboratory
WHAT: The City as Laboratory (TEDxYMCAAcademy 2015) WHEN: Saturday, April 11, 12pm-2pm WHERE: Toronto-Central Grosvenor Street YMCA Centre Auditorium...
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Spacing presents transit wayfinding events in Mississauga & Toronto on Tuesday & Wednesday
MISSISSAUGA EVENT WHAT: Connecting The Dots: Mississauga event WHEN: Tuesday, March 24, 7-9pm WHERE: Sheridan College, Hazel McCallion campus, 4180 Duke...
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LORINC: I’m feeling crabby about the Ferry Terminal competition
Maybe it’s the unending winter, but the five short-listed submissions for re-designing the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal/Harbour Square Park site — made...
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MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 3
Last week a brilliant piece appeared in the New York Times about commercial advertising in public spaces and what the author describes as “the...
By Dave Meslin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered