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EVENT: Haphead Toronto premiere January 22
This Thursday, January 22, Haphead — an 8-episode webseries set in Toronto in the year 2025 — will premiere on the big screen at the Royal Theatre (608...
By Dale Duncan -
The new American streetcar: A visit to Detroit, Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Tampa
Cross-posted from Marshall’s Musings, the author’s personal blog I recently went on a short vacation, driving down Highway 401 and Interstate...
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LORINC: Tory needs to use new traffic data to fight congestion
To absolutely no one’s surprise, Mayor John Tory has emerged as the kind of leader who looks both ways — all puns and double entendres intended — before...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: What the Hebdo killings, and their aftermath, say about global cities
Yesterday’s massive demonstrations — in Paris, as well capitals around the world, including Toronto – offered a vivid reminder that 21st century...
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The great Toronto bridge swap of 1928
The Canadian Pacific Railway had two 243-ton problems in early 1928. Its two newest and most powerful locomotives were due to be ready for the...
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Sir John A. Macdonald, drunk and in flames
It’s one of the best-known facts in all of Canadian history: our first Prime Minister drank. Like, a lot. Sir John A. Macdonald wasn’t just a...
By Adam Bunch -
Remember the greenhouse gases
Toronto’s intense debate about transit and mobility has focused on access, cost and travel speed. Another important issue, one that’s often left out of...
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BURALE: The reality of fighting poverty
If cities had New Year’s resolutions, Toronto’s should be a poverty reduction strategy. According to the new report on child poverty released in...
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Good Reads: Winter Edition of Fort York’s newsletter Fife & Drum
The winter edition of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum was released recently. It’s been a busy season at the fort...
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The horror of the Rupert Hotel fire still lingers
The fire had been burning out of control at the Rupert Hotel for 17 minutes before someone called 911. As flames and acrid smoke filled the corridors of...
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The Spacing Store’s holiday hours
The Spacing Store has been a very exciting venture for us. Opening during the holiday shopping season has made it all the more fun for us. We have...
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LORINC: Waterfront Toronto two steps ahead of Minnan-Wong’s forced outrage
One of the great fictions of the Rob Ford era is that only a tiny clutch of politicians kept watch over all the devious civil servants and special...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered