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LORINC: Campaign Notes — Tory & Stintz are in & Doug Ford goes after Nick Kouvalis
Is “relief” the gravy metaphor for the 2014 race? Near the top of John Tory’s slickly designed website, it says the candidate “vows to build relief line....
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LORINC: Why aren’t we bundling transit into the Gardiner removal decision?
With the sort of discretion normally reserved for wait staff and funeral directors, Waterfront Toronto’s (WT) board very quietly released its...
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EVENT: Justice in Housing in Toronto
The Justice in Toronto Lecture Series will hold its second event of 2014 on Thursday, February 27. This evening lecture will explore Justice in Housing in...
By Dale Duncan -
Winterdream — a 1993 walk through Allan Gardens and Cawthra Park
Occasionally Toronto filmmaker James Leahy puts together some of the Super 8 footage he shot in Toronto from the late 1980s onwards. Back in June we...
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Recycling and shared space — A walk through an apartment dweller’s experience
“Recycling? Yeah we tried it for a while, but it just was too… complicated.” It’s a commonly-heard phrase in apartment complexes where recycling is often...
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Artists on the Underground: movie and panel discussion
I’ll be part of a panel discussion on Saturday night after a showing of the movie “Artists on the Underground” – a documentary...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
TRANSIT Satisfaction up for TTC bus and subway riders; for streetcar users, not so much [Toronto Star] TTC needs change, experts agree — but is...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
POLITICS Councillor Karen Stintz to join mayoral race Monday [Globe & Mail] Augimeri takes reins at TTC as a ‘caretaker’ chair [Globe & Mail...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
ROB FORD Rob Ford’s ‘hit list’ councillors pleased to make the cut [Toronto Sun] Rob Ford declares ‘war’ on 10 opponents in latest...
By Kayla Apostolides -
The secret Toronto airport express bus
Last November, my father and I to took the bus to the airport. At the regular TTC fare of $3 a ride, taking the Bloor-Danforth line to Kipling then...
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Boston wants random awesomeness
Boston’s new mayor is hoping a new city program will result in some “random awesome designs” submitted for the city’s public spaces. The newly launched...
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Down at Fraggle Rock… in Yorkville — The Muppets take Toronto
It all started in 1981 at the Hyde Park Hotel in London, England. Jim Henson was there with some of his writers and puppeteers. For the last five...
By Adam Bunch
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered