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Chief Planner’s roundtable: reimagining how the City builds public spaces
Toronto’s new(ish) Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat hasn’t been shy about wanting to open up the planning process and get people talking about their city...
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STREET SCENE: U-Turn
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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The story of Jackie Burroughs, a Yorkville laundromat, and two of the biggest drug-addled bands of the 1960s
Twenty years before she played Aunt Hetty on Road To Avonlea, Jackie Burroughs met Zal Yanovsky while he was living in a dryer in a laundromat at Dupont...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
COMMUNITY Parks and re-creation [Globe & Mail] U of T’s plan for green space outrages students, staff, alumni and area residents [Globe &...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
Come to Spacing’s spring 2013 release party!
WHAT: Spacing Spring 2013 issue release party WHERE: Dovercourt House, first floor, 805 Dovercourt Ave (just north of Bloor) WHEN: Saturday, March 23...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
TTC Woman hurt in collision with TTC bus on Royal York Road [CBC] Driver crashes into TTC bus in Etobicoke [Toronto Star] Toronto public transit suffers...
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LORINC: The Life, Death and Re-birth of King Robert Ford, A Tragicomedy in 5 Acts
The Life, Death and Re-birth of King Robert Ford: A Tragicomedy in 5 Acts Cast: Robert, King of Toronto (Rob Ford) Douglas, Earl of Etobicoke (Doug Ford...
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STREET SCENE: Corner Transit
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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TTC promises improvement with new Customer Charter
At the crowded intersection of Bloor-Yonge southbound mezzanine, a new addition to the TTC was unleashed. As the minutes passed by, Torontoians gathered...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
ROB FORD Mayor Rob Ford, Team Toronto are Boston bound [Toronto Sun] Mayor Rob Ford defends his football coaching [Toronto Sun] Mayor Rob Ford again under...
By Julie Fish -
Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
ROB FORD Mayor Rob Ford gone to Disney World [Toronto Sun] Mayor Rob Ford: Legal troubles behind him, flies to Disney World with his family [Toronto Star...
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LORINC: Weston’s parks donation rewires relationship with city hall
For years, I’ve played pick-up hockey on Thursday evenings with a group of guys at Campbell Park, a somewhat forlorn space near Dupont and Lansdowne. The...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered