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LORINC: Rethinking the integrity commissioner’s role
According to media reports from last week’s marathon council session, Toronto politicians slapped Giorgio Mammoliti with toughest possible penalty for...
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Between The Ravine and The City
Carving through much of Toronto is the largest network of ravines in any city in the world, providing 10,500 hectares of wilderness escape to its...
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What happened to all the public washrooms in Toronto?
When nature calls in Toronto, it’s usually an obliging bar or cafe that answers. Outside of city parks and public buildings, public washrooms are...
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The guy Toronto was originally named after — and his big sex scandal
This column towers above the city of London, England in one of the prominent spots in town. It’s at the top of some stairs just down the street from...
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Good reads: summer 2014 issue of Fort York’s free newsletter, Fife and Drum, is out
The summer issue of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum was released last month. The articles include: An essay on why the...
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The Atlanta BeltLine: Catalyst infrastructure and city systems
Atlanta, GA, the sprawling southern metropolis, has followed a classic pattern of modern North American urban growth. As the city developed over time, its...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Rob Ford’s return: Slimmer, rehabbed mayor about to ‘turn the race upside down,’ his campaign vows [National Post] Democracy Watch files...
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EVENT — free screening Saturday of new doc “A Shift in the Landscape” exploring Richard Serra’s King City sculpture
WHAT: Screening of A Shift in the Landscape WHEN: Saturday June 28 at 6PM WHERE: Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St West COST: Free Shift, the “secret”...
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Toronto’s Great Dead Monkey Project — or, Mabel the Swimming Wonder Monkey
The details of the story vary wildly from one source to another. In fact, there are two completely different versions of the tale: “The Great Dead Monkey...
By Adam Bunch -
ROAD TRIP: Grab one of the last tickets to Pittsburgh
WHAT: Urbanism Road Trip: PITTSBURGH WHEN: Friday-Sunday, July 11-13 WHERE: Pittsburgh (departing from Toronto) COST: $200 (does not include hotel room or...
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Toronto World Pride: A video look back at the 1989 Pride celebration
As Toronto begins its rather massive World Pride celebrations this year, we’re pleased to present another film of a previous Toronto Pride...
By Shawn Micallef -
LORINC: An adult conversation about transit, redux
Last week, I proposed in this space three key moves that Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals could make to signal their seriousness about funding GTA transit...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered