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Poster campaign to promote 50 ideas for a new city
Check out these amazing posters that were put up all over New York City to help promote ideas for a new city. The project was launched and hosted by Urban...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
TRANSIT Snow, streetcars and street parking: A perennial recipe for traffic chaos [Globe and Mail] Go Transit, Barrie line Quiet Zone a silent success...
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Richard Serra’s King City Shift revisited — sunrise to sunset
This past fall I revisited the Richard Serra Shift sculpture, found up in King City, and wrote about it in my Toronto Star column. The Ontario Heritage...
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Monday’s Headlines
TTC TTC keeping pigeons away from Bathurst station with sounds of distressed birds [Toronto Star] If Toronto wants improved transit, the people will have...
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LORINC: The dueling plans for the Downtown Relief Line
Here’s a quirky coincidence: The future of the Downtown Relief Line (DRL) rests, at the moment, in the hands of six women — three politicians and three...
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Urban Planet: Can bike-share programs overcome the helmet hurdle?
Bike-share programs have really been taking off in North America over the past few years, but not in municipalities with strict helmet laws. This article...
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STREET SCENE: Stoplight
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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EVENTS: YIMBY Festival 2013
On Saturday, February 16th, community groups and campaigns that celebrate backyard projects big and small will unite in an annual “Yes In My Back...
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Friday’s Headlines
SNOW STORM More snow on the way for Toronto [Toronto Sun] Major snowstorm in Ontario causes flight cancellations, school closures [Globe & Mail...
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LORINC: The human side of pedestrians vs. police
At lunch hour yesterday, I was standing next to a herd of teenagers, waiting to cross St. Clair West at Bathurst. As usual, I positioned myself just a few...
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10 questions to ask a transit planner
Cities are full of armchair transit planners — so much so, in fact, that the practice is derisively known as “drawing lines on a map.” But it’s far more...
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Film noir series hits Toronto subway platforms
One afternoon in the fictional town of Passing B.C., a bike courier has been found murdered. Everyone in the town is considered a suspect, including his...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered