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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...
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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...
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Come to our fall issue release party!
WHAT: Spacing’s fall 2013 issue launch party WHEN: Wednesday, September 25th, 6pm-10pm WHERE: Institute Without Boundaries, 230 Richmond St E, suite...
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Q&A with Josh Matlow: #TOpoli meets #BOpoli
There’s something different about Josh Matlow. The conciliatory-or-die Toronto city councillor has been a little more blunt, as of late. “Toronto...
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York Region’s Rapidways: the good, the bad and the ugly
Viva Purple bus on new Highway 7 Rapidway I recently visited the first completed section of “Rapidway”, York Region Transit’s moniker...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
TRANSPORTATION TTC’s Spadina subway takes shape as politicians talk Scarborough [Toronto Star] Looking at transit success and failure [Globe & Mail...
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EVENT: Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Financing Summit
WHAT: Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Financing Summit WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 17-18, 2013 (registration starts at 7:30am) WHERE: Old Mill Inn...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
TRANSPORTATION Toronto transit descends from tragedy to farce [Globe & Mail] Proposed Scarborough subway extension comes with risks, city planner...
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LORINC: Wynne offers up Murray as Scarborough subway punching bag
If the latest skirmish over the Scarborough subway had a leitmotif, it was that of the minister as loose cannon. “Ontario’s transportation minister [Glen...
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REID: Making it safer to walk to school
As is so often the case, it has taken a tragedy to get politicians talking about improving walking safety. This week, it was the killing of a high school...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
POLITICS Protesting Oshawa residents handcuffed at city council [Toronto Star] Hold on to your spreadsheets, Toronto’s annual budget war has...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
POLITICS Rob Ford’s team stalls on releasing records [Toronto Star] Toronto mayoral poll: Chow, Tory, Stintz beat Ford head-to-head [Toronto Star] Fact...
By Stephen Brophy
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered