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EVENT: Land|Slide: Possible Futures — massive public art installation in Markham until Oct 14
WHAT: Over 30 works of public art, outdoors and indoors WHEN: Until Oct 14 Tues, Wed, Sun: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Thurs, Fri, Sat: 12:00 – 10:00...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto-itis: How I dealt with that uneasy feeling returning home to an adolescent city
I had traveled in Europe for a month, taking in the sights and rubbing elbows with fellow city-enthusiasts (also known as tourists). It was my first time...
By Sheraz Khan -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
TRANSPORTATION Ontario environment watchdog says government’s road funding ‘penalizing’ public transit [Globe & Mail] Scarborough subway: Kathleen...
By Kayla Apostolides -
REID: Re-engineering road standards for cities
For a long time, road engineering standards have been a bane of good city-building. Generally designed to enable cars and trucks to travel safely at high...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: Subway Nation rises again
Ever the shrewd tactician, Prime Minsiter Stephen Harper delivered one heck of a chess move yesterday when he and finance minister Jim Flaherty announced...
By John Lorinc -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
TRANSPORTATION Feds pledge $660 million for subway [Now Magazine] Ford says Sheppard subway is next on plate [Toronto Sun] Council’s Scarborough...
By Glyn Bowerman -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
TRANSPORTATION Feds to help fund Scarborough subway [Toronto Sun] Ottawa leaves it to provinces and municipalities to handle railway safety [Globe &...
By Glyn Bowerman -
Spacing at Word on the Street this Sunday!
This Sunday marks the annual Word On The Street book and magazine festival at Queen’s Park. And as usual, Spacing will be out in full force with...
By Matthew Blackett -
Sam’s Sign: Giant neon records need good home
“We had a deal,” was the constant refrain as city councillors and deputants alike grilled representatives of Ryerson University and Heritage Preservation...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
TRANSPORTATION Metrolinx’s ‘noise walls’ have no place in Toronto: Hume [Toronto Star] Gardiner Expressway closed all weekend for maintenance...
By Julie Fish -
One of Toronto’s most famous early monuments — and its connection to Sam the Record Man
It was one of Toronto’s most famous early monuments — so well-known to locals that many simply called it the Monument. It was erected in 1939, in...
By Adam Bunch -
LORINC: The Wychwood Barns, Sam’s sign, and how we know what heritage means
Not long after I moved into the St. Clair West area, in the mid-1990s, I heard about a City-run consultation on the future of the long shuttered TTC car...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered