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Friday’s headlines
TRANSIT TTC report calls for a $3.2-billion downtown relief line [The Globe and Mail] TTC makes the case for downtown relief line [Toronto Star] Downtown...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Urban Planet: Cape Town’s New Transport Agency
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 -
LORINC: Dividing the spoils of road pricing
Remember this phrase: funding allocation formula. Last week, before Dalton McGuinty dropped his bomb, everyone piled into the transit financing debate and...
By John Lorinc -
Thursday’s headlines
COUNCILLOR ANA BAILAO • MADD calls Ana Bailao post-arrest conduct ‘deplorable’ [Toronto Sun] • What Councillor Ana Bailao said [Toronto Sun] â€...
By Mairin Piccinin -
Headspace: Catherine Nasmith discusses heritage preservation and the Mirvish-Gehry proposal
Catherine Nasmith is former president of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and a founder of Doors Open Toronto. She has been active in heritage...
By Luca De Franco -
Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Toronto councillor Ana Bailao charged with drunk driving [Toronto Sun] • Toronto city councillor Ana Bailao charged with impaired driving...
By Mairin Piccinin -
Riverside WALKfest this Saturday October 20th — lots of walks, one with Spacing’s Shawn Micallef
It’s a great weekend for walking in Toronto, especially in around Queen Street East and the Riverside neighbourhood. This Saturday is WALKfest (with...
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Events Guide: R.C. Harris Works for Toronto 1912 – 45
Editor’s note: For more on R.C. Harris and the restoration of the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant, check out our summer 2012 issue. WHEN: until...
By Jake Schabas -
Urban Planet: Election Day Holiday
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 -
STREET SCENE: Spadina Crossing
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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The “Ultimate Stuntman” who jumped off the CN Tower in 1980
Dar Robinson spent the 1970s earning a reputation as one of Hollywood’s greatest stuntmen. He did stunts in Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood films...
By Adam Bunch -
Now you too can add people randomly to streetscapes!
A couple of months ago, I posted about the habit of architecture firms randomly Photoshopping people into their designs, without necessarily any relation...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered