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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...
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A bird’s-eye tour of Toronto in the early 1930s
The late 1920s and early 1930s were an important time in the building of Toronto. Many of the city’s most beautiful landmarks opened in those few...
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Pedestrian countdown signals reduce collisions
Last Thursday, a car performed an astonishingly dangerous turn in front of traffic at Lake Shore Blvd. and Bay. It collided with another car, and they...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
TORONTO STORM Storms stall TTC, GO as roads, tracks and stations flood [Toronto Star] Severe thunderstorms cause flooding, blackouts, havoc on roads...
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MOD TORONTO: Imperial Oil’s Parthenon of petroleum
To coincide with the cover section of Spacing’s summer 2013 issue, we bring you a series of posts by local architect Robert Moffatt that examine...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
MAYOR ROB FORD Torontonians celebrate all things Rob Ford at massive barbecue [Globe & Mail] Among supporters, Ford is a rock star [Globe & Mail...
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Ford Fest Scarborough — Revisiting Bendale circa 2004
Tonight is the Ford Brother’s Scarborough “Ford Fest” at Thomson Park in the Bendale neighbourhood. If the party is anything like the...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
TTC Subway signal failure: TTC installing new system for Yonge-Spadina line [Toronto Star] TTC fiasco a reminder of Toronto’s unpaid infrastructure...
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Last day to enter TTC Ride Guide photo contest!
WHAT: Ride Guide Photo Contest WHO: The TTC and Spacing magazine DEADLINE: July 4th, 2013 (today!) LINK: The official contest page on TTC.ca Spacing is...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
BIXI Fate of BIXI bikes to be determined in fall [Globe & Mail] Could high-tech toilets save Toronto’s Bixi bikes? [Globe & Mail] Denzil...
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Instaflaneur — Toronto’s new Corktown Common park & it’s Dubai views
Corktown Common recently opened and we paid a visit last weekend. The view from the Teletubby-like spash pad is of both the Toronto we know and the...
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LORINC: When a decision is not a decision — the undead Scarborough subway
In the midst of the Toronto Spring in early 2012, TTC chair Karen Stintz posed a question to me that has stuck in my mind ever since: “How do we know...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered