-
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
TRANSPORTATION Councillors visit mayor to lobby for Scarborough subway extension [Globe & Mail] Bixi Toronto: City urged to take over financially...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
Hot Docs: Special Ed
With his wild hair, child-like grin, and obsession with letters, words, and their etymology, Ed Ackerman is special. An award-winning animator who’s...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
MAYOR ROB FORD Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he coached latest shooting victim: He was ‘one heck of a football player’ [Globe & Mail] TTC chair Karen...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
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...
By John Lorinc -
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...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
STREET SCENE: Rear View Mirror
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
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...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
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...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
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...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
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...
By Jay Wall
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered