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Instaflaneur: wild Mississauga
A walk through the back passages of Mississauga City Centre yesterday revealed many bits not apparent when viewing the neighbourhood from Square One Mall...
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Bixi Toronto celebrates one-millionth rider
After only 18 months, Torontonians have taken Bixi bikes on over one millions trips around the city. Today, Melanie Brayne, the lucky one-millionth rider...
By Jonathan Zettel -
STREET SCENE: Augusta 10
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Urban Planet: Natural Playgrounds
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 -
Friday’s headlines
TRANSIT TTC chair challenges Hudak on his plan for province to take over subways, LRTs [Globe & Mail] Hudak’s plan for Toronto-region...
By Jonathan Zettel -
NO MEAN CITY: Superkul’s Gradient House in Kensington
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture I have a story in The Globe and Mail today about a modest but fascinating...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Urban Planet: Keys to the City
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: Herman’s House at the Bloor
After living in solitary confinement for four decades, how would you imagine a home? For Herman Wallace, sentenced to life in prison in 1974, it would be...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Thursday’s headlines
TRANSIT • For whom the road tolls? [NOW] • James: It’s time to tell the truth about transit [Toronto Star] • Flaming TTC bus: Quick-thinking driver gets...
By Mairin Piccinin -
“What would you do with 32” (minutes, that is)
CivicAction has launched its campaign to get Toronto talking about new transit. Perhaps wisely, their campaign is starting with a less policy-oriented...
By Dylan Reid -
Q&A with Sean Hertel: “A good city is worth paying for”
“A good city is worth paying for,” said Urban Planning Consultant Sean Hertel, who spoke at “Going to School: A Transit Conference for...
By Andrew Russell -
Wednesday’s headlines
TTC UNION • TTC opening itself up to terrorists: Kinnear [Toronto Sun] • TTC launches anti-privatization ad campaign [Toronto Sun] • TTC union launching...
By Mairin Piccinin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered