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Lee’s Palace before it was Lee’s Palace — the roots of Toronto’s famous music venue
This is what Lee’s Palace looked like when it first opened, nearly 100 years ago. It was the spring of 1919 — the first few months after the end of...
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Jennifer Keesmaat talk about walking to school
Walk Toronto is hosting a talk by Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmat about walking to school on Feb. 12, to be followed by its 2014 general meeting. Keesmaat...
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Turnout Toronto 2014
On the evening of January 14th, the Annex branch of the Center for Social Innovation hosted Turnout Toronto 2014, a civic engagement fair bringing...
By Hannah Griffin -
LORINC: Metrolinx and Accenture deny Presto-DC allegations
Metrolinx officials last week strongly denied that Accenture had leveraged its $700 million-plus Presto contract to win a $184 million/six-year deal for a...
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Landfill on the Toronto Islands
I took this photo of Gibraltar Point Beach on a long walk around Toronto Islands during the city’s most recent cold snap. Because parts of the...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Race to replace Mayor ‘Hurricane’ Hazel begins without key rival [Globe & Mail] Kathleen Wynne no idiot to snub the posturing Rob Ford...
By Elaine Kelly-Canning -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
POLITICS Mayor Rob Ford on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s rejection: She’s ‘confused’ [Toronto Sun] Wynne refuses to meet with Ford to...
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Presto technology sold to Washington, D.C. raises questions
Accenture, the $28 billion private contractor building the Presto electronic fare network, last week won a contract to construct a similar system for...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
ECONOMY Toronto’s jobless rate hits home for the city’s unemployed [Toronto Star] Updated Toronto’s jobless rate second highest among Canada’s big...
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The difference between a fee and a tax for city governments
Before the holidays I got into a discussion with Ed Keenan about whether there is a difference between a fee and a tax. In an article, Keenan said...
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LORINC: Toronto’s business community vs. Rob Ford?
For much of the past two years, University of Toronto urban geographer Richard Florida has repeatedly asked a probing question about the political...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
WEATHER Toronto to ask for help with ice storm costs [Globe & Mail] We have been trained to live in fear of spending — the ice storm proved us fools...
By Elaine Kelly-Canning
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered