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LORINC: Turning Metrolinx’s revenue tools into jobs for low-income neighbourhoods
As Toronto’s surreal transit funding battle continues to spin out of control, the far-sighted, progressive-minded transit policies coming out of the Los...
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Hot Docs: Tiny: A Story About Living Small
Most of us have lived small at one point or another. University dorms, basement bachelor pads, first homes—we’ve all felt space-compromised. But, barring...
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STREET SCENE: Rear View Mirror
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Thinking Local: An Architecture for Humanity Toronto Lecture
This past Tuesday night, I joined a packed house at CSI Annex for the latest of Architecture for Humanity Toronto’s Lecture & Symposium Series on the...
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EVENTS: Urban forestry, Toronto’s competitiveness, the Post-Oil City, and Regent Park
WHAT: Understanding Your Urban Forest WHEN: May 1, 2013, 5-7pm WHERE: University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street Earth Sciences Building Room 4001 COST...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
TORONTO ZOO Tentative deal reached in Toronto Zoo talks [Toronto Sun] Toronto elephants’ relocation plan still being negotiated [Toronto Star] Toronto Zoo...
By Julie Fish -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
PORTER Porter would pay for city report on airport expansion: Deluce [Toronto Sun] Porter warns that time is short, offers to fund airport jet...
By Julie Fish -
Hot Docs: Alias
In early 2012, Anthony Spencer, known as Tony Trapz on the Toronto rap scene, was shot and killed in a recording studio on Brimley. In October, another...
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Play the Walk, April 25 – 28 in the West Queen West Triangle
This weekend, you are invited to Play the Walk – a neighbourhood project for curious citizens, featuring a mobile gift shop in collaboration with Spacing...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
MAYOR ROB FORD Ford gives thumbs down to report advocating new levies on motorists [Globe & Mail] Mayor Rob Ford’s executive will consider ‘Israeli...
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LORINC: Premier Kathleen Wynne Q&A with Spacing on public transit
In January, 2012, I asked in this space who was going to emerge as Toronto’s equivalent of Antonio Villaraigosa, L.A.’s gamechanging civic leader. During...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
EARTH DAY What I’d like to see this Earth Day: More fracking [Globe & Mail] Toronto marks Earth Day with community cleanup [CityNews] TRANSPORTATION...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered