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Urban Planet: New York rolls out new wayfinding signs
New York City’s transportation commission has installed maps across the city to promote businesses and pedestrian activity throughout the city...
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STREET SCENE: U of T
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Thursday’s headlines
BUDGET CHIEF DEL GRANDE RESIGNS • Mike Del Grande packs it in as Toronto’s budget chief [Toronto Sun] • Toronto budget chief Mike Del Grande...
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LORINC: The casino debate and non-fiction numbers
The City of Toronto claims to be interested in your opinion about the proposal to allow the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission develop an integrated...
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Urban Planet: Art structure made of bicycles
It took 760 bicycles stacked on top of each other to create this massive art structure. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei produced the stunning work of art as part...
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Toronto’s streetcar network in 1926
Sample of Roman Fomin’s 1926 map of streetcar and interurban map available on Transit Toronto Transit Toronto is a great website dedicated to, well...
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Wednesday’s headlines
TORONTO BUDGET 2013 Commie councillor appeases firefighters’ union [Toronto Sun] Ford’s legal woes affecting budget talks, some councillors...
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STREET SCENE: Reflection
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: Introducing Wendy the smog-eater
This giant spiky blue pavilion, known as Wendy, is making its rounds to showcase how architecture can stretch the limits, ignite the human imagination...
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Urban Planet: NASA-NOAA cities at night
Check out these stunning space visuals of sprawling city lights etching their way across the earth. Scientists from NASA and NOAA are using these...
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STREET SCENE: GO
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Thursday’s headlines
TDSB • TDSB head Chris Spence apologizes for plagiarizing [Toronto Sun] • Toronto school board director apologizes after admitting he plagiarized opinion...
By Mairin Piccinin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered