Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

POLITICS Council approves 2.23% tax hike  [Toronto Sun] Ford Toronto’s Tony Soprano?  [Toronto Sun]  Ford’s brother-in-law alleges in lawsuit...

REID: It’s time for the City get rid of its sidewalk no-plough zone

In December, City Council agreed to a small but welcome improvement in the City’s snow clearing standards. Starting two winters from now (2015/16)...

Spacing’s Transit Poster Contest deadline on Friday!

WHAT: Spacing’s Transit Poster Contest WHEN: Deadline is extended to Friday, January 31st, 2014 COST: Free! FACEBOOK: RSVP to our event to get...

EVENT: Public lecture on Race & Justice in Toronto

The Justice in Toronto lecture series will hold its first event of 2014 tomorrow (Thursday, January 30th) with a free lecture and discussion on Race &...

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

TTC TTC won’t rush time-based transfers [Toronto Sun] TTC considering time-based transfers  [Toronto Star] TTC looking into more flexible transfer...

Toronto’s Art Deco district? Take a walk along Eglinton Avenue West

On a recent walk along Eglinton just east of Bathurst, I noticed that several blocks are lined with beautiful Art Deco apartment buildings. The apartments...

LORINC: Ford’s land transfer tax fantasy

Mayor Rob Ford showed up to his budget show-down presser yesterday wearing a Denver Bronco’s jersey, and I suppose the logic isn’t hard to fathom. The...

If a tree falls in Etobicoke, does anyone notice? (Yes)

Last week I was walking to the convenience store up the street when I came across the tree above. It was the remains of a huge willow that I grew up...

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

TTC looking to cut bus and streetcar stops, mulls time-based transfers

At the next Toronto Transit Commission meeting on January 28, staff will present a report [PDF] that may affect the locations of bus and streetcar stops...

Yorkville Avenue fire at former home of Toronto writer Mazo de la Roche

Yesterday’s fire at 86 and 84 Yorkville Avenue was a day long event; when I walked by 11 hours after it started Toronto Fire was still pumping water...

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

ROB FORD Ford calls latest videos and drinking a ‘minor setback’ [Globe & Mail] Toronto is more than just Rob Ford: Wynne [Toronto Sun...