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LORINC: No more clarity needed on transit from city hall
On the eve of council’s debate over the foolish plan to tear up the City’s $8.7 billion deal with Metrolinx, I’d like to dredge up a detail from recent...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
TRANSPORTATION Rob Ford supportive of tax hike to pay for a Scarborough subway line [Globe & Mail] How a bike path will tie Toronto together [Globe...
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Introducing the Willowdale Transit Authority
As many Spacing readers know, I have a deep love of maps (both reading and making). And I also have a deep affection for Willowdale, the North York...
By Matthew Blackett -
Regent Park Placemakers: Youth Empowering Parents
This past spring, Jay led her first ever Jane’s Walk — the Not So Typical Regent Park Walk. As a writer and narratologist, Jay was interested in leading a...
By Jay Pitter -
STREET SCENE: At The AGO
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
INFRASTRUCTURE No lawn? In Mississauga that could cost you [Toronto Star] Toronto flood: Underground equipment sank Hydro One [Toronto Star] Reduced...
By Julie Fish -
LORINC: 8 things to consider about the Scarborough Subway
Karen and Rob are kinda-sorta-friends again. The Liberals have found a way to mollify the long-suffering, wet-footed people of Scarborough. By-elections...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
TORONTO STORM Toronto flooding: One couple’s battle against rising water [Toronto Star] GO Transit offers riders on flood-stranded Richmond Hill...
By Julie Fish -
CONCRETE TORONTO: Cultural amnesia about concrete architecture
Over the next several weeks, Spacing will be publishing a series of articles from Concrete Toronto: A Guidebook to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties...
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A new way of listening to Toronto
Cities have always inspired musicians. However, a Toronto-based OCADU student, Marc de Pape, has recently created an instrument called the Chime that...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
TORONTO STORM Toronto flooding: ‘Lost’ rivers reappear when nature takes charge [Toronto Star] Toronto flooding: Storm renews debate on aging...
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Toronto Flood 2013: The revenge of Garrison Creek
It’s no coincidence that places like Christie Pits, Trinity Bellwoods Park, and the train bridge underpass at King and Atlantic streets were all affected...
By Todd Harrison
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered