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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...
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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...
By John Lorinc -
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...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered