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Parking meters appear on Jarvis — an opportunity to honour courageous city councillors
Today the Jarvis Street bike lanes are being removed after a contentious fight over the return of the much-needed fifth, reversible lane of parking...
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LORINC: Does Andy Byford have buyer’s regret?
One can only imagine the thoughts that must have chugged through Andy Byford’s mind last week when he found himself forced to inform the mayor’s office...
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Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL David Miller summoned as witness as Rob Ford libel suit goes to trial [The Globe and Mail] The Clamshell Quintet: Toronto councillors perform...
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Toppy Topham crosses the Rhine — the story of Toronto’s life-saving WWII medic
The Second World War was nearly over. It had already been nine months since the Allies landed in Normandy. The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion had been...
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Urban Planet: Demographic Shifts and Vacancy in Germany
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
EVENT: Transport Futures Governance Summit
The folks at Transport Futures are offering Spacing subscribers a 15% discount on their upcoming Governance Summit, which takes place November 19th at the...
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Instaflaneur: off to the races — a trip to Woodbine our non-casino casino in Toronto
Last weekend we went on a field trip to Woodbine to watch the races Saturday. We had fun. Lots of it. I wrote an account of the trip in my Toronto Star...
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Friday’s headlines
MAYOR FORD Mayor Rob Ford’s football team wins Catholic championship [Toronto Star] Rob Ford’s football team wins championship – without...
By Jonathan Zettel -
STREET SCENE: Streaky
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: Sidewalks as a Predictor of Voting Patterns
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Instaflaneur: Queen Street West’s most valuable boring parking lot
The former City TV parking lot along some of the most valuable bits of Queen Street West sidewalk has remained a parking lot. There’s some irony...
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Thursday’s headlines
MR. CHRISTIE’S BAKERY • Bakery workers lash out at old Christie plant closure [Toronto Sun] • Christie’s Bakery workers devastated by job...
By Mairin Piccinin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered