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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...
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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...
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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...
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That time when Toronto’s subway was the best in North America
With this post, Spacing Toronto welcomes a new contributor, Shoshanna Saxe. Shoshanna is a proud Torontonian and a civil engineer. From 2009 to 2012 she...
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MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 1
Bathurst and Davenport cross each other just below the steep shoreline of ancient Lake Iroquois. The intersection is lush with greenery and steeped in...
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LORINC: How Wynne can repair Liberals public transit credibility
With premier Kathleen Wynne promising to move quickly to deliver a throne speech, re-introduce the budget that won her last week’s election and appoint a...
By John Lorinc -
The view from a condo — a resident of the new Fort York neighbourhood sees much potential as the area matures
EDITOR: We’re pleased to publish a guest essay by Kanishk Bhatia, a Toronto resident who recently returned to the city after living in London...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS After Ontario election, Doug Ford says he wants to give Progressive Conservative party an ‘enema’ [National Post] TRANSIT Liberal win a boost for...
By Elaine Kelly-Canning
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered