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Toronto’s first great Antarctic explorer
; This photo of Antarctica was taken more than 100 years ago — back in the days when most of the icy continent had yet to be seen by human eyes. It’s...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
TRANSIT GTA transit expansion: the planning, the paying [CBC] Man’s head clipped by TTC train [Toronto Star] CITY Icy roads prompt school bus...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
Monday’s Headlines
TTC TTC Officers: keeping things fare on the front lines [Globe and Mail] Fake Metropasses and tokens cost TTC close to $2M last year [Toronto Star...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
NO MEAN CITY: AKB’s Notan House
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture In today’s Globe is my story about Notan House by Atelier Kastelic Buffey. This...
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STREET SCENE: Snowed In Bike
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Junkyard cars recycled into working bicycles
Watch the above video about a bicycle that is manufactured from a variety of junkyard car parts. The frame is welded together from various car metals, the...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Vintage-style posters capture modern Toronto
Vintage flair mixed with a hint of city life and paired with a flare of nostalgia can tell you the history of a city. Rob Croxford was born in London...
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Friday’s headlines
BIKING BY-LAW Stintz targets bylaw forcing cyclists to ride single file [Toronto Sun] Cycling bylaw: Stintz wants to dump bylaw requiring single-file...
By Julie Fish -
TODERIAN: Canada needs a federal ministry of cities
Richard Florida called last week for President Obama to create a national US department of cities. When the author of The Rise of the Creative Class and...
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Thursday’s headlines
NEW TORONTO AREA CODE New area code coming to Toronto [Toronto Sun] New area codes coming for Toronto and GTA phones [Toronto Star] GTA to get two new...
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Hand drawn map of Japan’s intricate rail system
Artist Wyton Cho has hand drawn Japan’s rail system. The colourful lines intersect and meet at stations, and present an immediate sense of how vast...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Tiny House Society of Craven Rd.
This article appears in the current issue of Spacing available on newsstands across Canada In the east end of Toronto, between Coxwell and Greenwood...
By Amber Daugherty
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered