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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...
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Deadline for Spacing’s Transit Poster Contest extended!
WHAT: Spacing’s Transit Poster Contest WHEN: Deadline is extended to Friday, January 31st, 2014 COST: Free! FACEBOOK: RSVP to our event to get...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
TAX HIKE Duelling mayors Norm Kelly, Rob Ford dispute size of Toronto tax hike [Toronto Star] Toronto budget committee approves 2.25% tax hike [Toronto...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
POLITICS Premier Kathleen Wynne accused of acting like T.O.’s mayor during ice storm [Toronto Sun] Doug Ford still eyeing provincial career [Toronto...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
WEATHER LIVE: Deep freeze grounds airplanes, cancels school buses [Toronto Star] Ice breaker: How beet juice beats salt for melting ice [Toronto Star...
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Elizabeth Simcoe’s 1794 nightmare — the story behind one of Toronto’s first recorded dreams
Toronto was founded in a troubled time. It was the summer of 1793 when the first British soldiers showed up to clear the forest and make way for our brand...
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Good reads: winter issue of Fort York’s free newsletter, Fife and Drum, is out
The December issue of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum was released just before the new year. The articles include: An...
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IN THIS ISSUE: What if it was Spacing’s 100th anniversary?
As I detailed in a previous post last week, I am responsible for designing the covers of Spacing. When we began the planning of our 10th anniversary issue...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
POLITICS Reporter drops lawsuit after Rob Ford issues second apology, retracts comments [Globe & Mail] Mayor Rob Ford doesn’t like gas tax...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
POLITICS Star reporter Daniel Dale does not accept Rob Ford’s apology [Toronto Sun] Rob Ford ‘apologizes’ but Toronto Star reporter says ‘no dad or...
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Book Review: Thinking about Yonge-Dundas Square
2013 is not only the 10th anniversary of Spacing, but also the 10th anniversary of Yonge-Dundas Square. The two anniversaries are related — in the first...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The future shoreline of Toronto
EDITOR’S NOTE: Even before the 10th anniversary hit newsstands, one of the illustrations inside the issue had gone viral. Mathew Borrett’s...
By Mathew Borrett
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