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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...
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LORINC: What kind of transit plan will Tory present?
If you’ll pardon the cliché, that great sucking sound we’re all hearing these days is coming from John Tory’s almost-a-campaign team, the members of which...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Rob Ford predicts mayoral election will be “war” [Toronto Star] Ford vies for big slice of federal infrastructure funds [Toronto Star] ‘None of...
By Elaine Kelly-Canning -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
METROPASSES 62 arrested in counterfeit TTC Metropass ring [Toronto Sun] Dozens arrested for using or selling fake Toronto transit passes [Globe &...
By Kayla Apostolides -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
ROB FORD Mayor Rob Ford requests Pride flag taken down [Toronto Sun] Rob Ford’s former campaign mastermind sides with John Tory [Globe & Mail] Teens...
By Kayla Apostolides -
A transportation minister and a city planner walk into a bar
In the bustling Foxes Den pub on Bay St., a hurricane of wait staff wielding large, clattering plates of piping hot et cetera, were swirling from kitchen...
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LORINC: Ford’s flag flap flops
Monday morning pop quiz: As of first thing last Friday morning, how many Torontonians — or Canadians, for that matter — knew that city councils across the...
By John Lorinc -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Ford faces Putin-like backlash over Pride: Carroll [Toronto Sun] Toronto city council more interested in politically sexy projects than clearing...
By Elaine Kelly-Canning -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
ROB FORD Rob Ford to duck World Pride parade, too [Toronto Star] Rob Ford says he’s fine with handing over his cellphone to police — but not without a...
By Kayla Apostolides -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
UNION STATION Councillor wants Union Station renamed after John A. Macdonald [Globe & Mail] Union Station name change proposal rankles historians...
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Toronto hearts Stalingrad — “adopting” the Soviet city during WWII
It was the summer of 1942 and things were looking good for Hitler. The Nazis had already swept across Europe; now they were pushing on into Russia...
By Adam Bunch -
The most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto?
While exploring the neighbourhoods along Broadview north of the Danforth last week, I stumbled upon what may be the most beautiful Dairy Queen in Toronto...
By Daniel Rotsztain
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered