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Understanding the proposed Development Permit System
The City of Toronto Planning Department is proposing to introduce a new option for managing development, the Development Permit System (DPS), which could...
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LORINC: How to ground jets on the waterfront
Let’s play fill in the blanks: Jets are to the Toronto harbour as _________ is to Crimea. Okay, okay. I acknowledge the comparison may be over-reaching...
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Designing Cities that Positively Impact Mental Health
A critically important conversation topic that we should begin to engage in is how we can strategically use the design of cities to positively impact...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
ROB FORD Police say Rob Ford behaved in a manner ‘indicative’ of drug trafficking [Video] [Toronto Star] The Ford files: What police say the...
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Has the TTC finally found their wayfinding way?
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is currently testing changes to its subway signage. New signs have been rolled out at Bloor-Yonge Station, the...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
POLITICS Mayoral race will come down to Ford vs. Chow, Doug Ford says [Globe & Mail] Doug Ford predicts Toronto mayoral race will come down to Rob...
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A bird’s-eye tour of the foot of Bathurst Street in the 1950s
This is what the foot of Bathurst Street looked like in the 1950s. It was a brand new intersection back then; this land didn’t even exist until the 1920s...
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LORINC: Mayoral candidates carve out positions on transit revenue tools
To tee up the surreal transit funding discussion that will take place at City Hall’s executive committee this week, here’s a quick recap on the...
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ROAD TRIP: Spacing takes you back to Detroit in 2014
WHAT: Urbanism Road Trip: Detroit WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13 and June 28-29 WHERE: Detroit, Michigan (departing from Toronto) COST: $160 (does...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Chow makes her case for change [Toronto Sun] Toronto mayoral campaigns heat up [Toronto Sun] Ford brothers lash out at Kevin Spacey [Toronto...
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Spacing presents: A Decade’s Dose of Imagery — photos by Sam Javanrouh exhibit
WHAT: Spacing presents A Decade’s Dose of Imagery — an exhibit of Sam Javanrouh’s photos WHEN: March 24th to April 26th, 2014 WHERE...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
POLITICS Rob Ford on Olivia Chow joining mayoral race: That’s ‘the best news I’ve heard all day’ [National Post] Chow’s opponents begin attacks as former...
By Kayla Apostolides
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered