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Urban Planet: Spinning flywheels boost subways
We can only imagine the amount of energy it takes so send subways around the city. Here’s an article that has at least one solution taken from the...
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Friday’s headlines
GARDINER EXPRESSWAY Councillor proposes Toronto sell Gardiner, erect tolls [The Globe and Mail] Gardiner Expressway should be turned into private sector...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Spacing holiday & release party tonight!
WHAT: Holiday & release party WHEN: Tonight! 8pm until late WHERE: The 3030 (3030 Dundas West in the Junction) COST: Free! You get copy of the mag and...
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GREENBERG: Crumbling Gardiner offers Toronto an opportunity
The truth has now come out, albeit grudgingly. We have just learned via a Freedom of Information request by the Toronto Star that notwithstanding months...
By Ken Greenberg -
Thursday’s headlines
GARDINER EXPRESSWAY • Future of Gardiner focus for council tug-o-war [Toronto Sun] • Gardiner Expressway: Fix it or not, Toronto is in for a world of...
By Mairin Piccinin -
NO MEAN CITY: ‘tactical urbanism’ and the Green Line
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Architects and urban designers, have a look at this: The Green Line, a new...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Urban Planet: Project-a-lane bike lights
BLAZE – Kickstarter Launch Video from BLAZE COMPONENTS on Vimeo. Has your mayor ripped out all your bike lanes? Fear not! Blaze has a solution, or...
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Op-Ed: Laying down the law on police budget? Maybe next year
Two key figures in the Ford administration have signaled their willingness to take on a Herculean task that, politically, only a right-wing administration...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Wednesday’s headlines
TORONTO ZOO • Cubs’ deaths at Toronto Zoo highlights difficulties of polar bear breeding [Toronto Star] • Toronto Zoo open to breeding polar bear again...
By Mairin Piccinin -
Spacing holiday and release party this Thursday!
WHAT: Holiday & release party WHEN: Thursday Dec. 13, 8pm until closing! WHERE: The 3030 (3030 Dundas West in the Junction) COST: Free! You get copy...
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STREET SCENE: Vintage St. Clair
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: Detroit’s Packard plant
The video tells the story of Detroit’s Packard plant. The hundred-year-old building once produced luxury vehicles, but now it sits crumbling...
By Jonathan Zettel
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered