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Happy 40th Birthday Robarts Library!
Happy Birthday Robarts Library! Today you are 40. The more time I spend in you, the more I like you. 40 years of watching over the U of T campus and...
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Quick comparisons between Toronto’s and Chicago’s street grids
Chicago is often referred to as Toronto’s closest sibling. Built in similar times, with similar sizes and populations, there are obvious similarities...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
TRANSIT The TTC is building six new stations up to Vaughan. Five are under construction. One is not [National Post] TTC to simplify signage across the...
By Kayla Apostolides -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
TRANSIT Port authority warns island runway extension looms [Toronto Star] Toronto Port Authority decries critics’ ‘doomsday’ concerns...
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Double Event: Toronto the Good party & a Detroit + Toronto Symposium Friday Oct 25
It’s Toronto the Good time again, the annual party that celebrates Toronto for the sake of Toronto. This time it’s a little more serious as...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
TRANSIT Pan Am Games: Planners work to get athletes to the game on time [The Star] Gardiner Expressway’s replacement could bring us together: Hume...
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LORINC: Gardiner’s future a gift to Ford election bid
I’d like to pose an impolite question to the talented officials at Waterfront Toronto (WT) and their dedicated colleagues in the City’s waterfront...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
CITY HALL Mammoliti, Ford are the last people who should criticize sleeping employee, Rosie DiManno says [Toronto Star] Mammoliti defends taking alleged...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
POLITICS Mammoliti says staffer was sleeping on the job [CTV] Press Council dismisses complaints against The Globe’s Doug Ford investigation; he...
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A Torontonian abroad: German tourism, first impressions and Canada’s Wonderland
I became familiar with a certain reality of tourism a month ago on a full-fledged ‘euro trip’. The reality was, it would impossible to comprehend the fine...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
ROBOCALLS Robo-calls showed ‘leadership,’ Rob Ford says as councillor plans formal complaint [Globe & Mail] Rob Ford refutes councillor’s...
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LORINC: The War on LRT has begun
In the aftermath of a council debate that showcased some of the most venal and short-sighted political decision-making I’ve ever witnessed at City Hall, a...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered