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NO MEAN CITY: Frank Gehry on King West – some first thoughts
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Frank Gehry refers to Toronto as his hometown. Yes, he left here over 60...
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Urban Planet: The (New) World’s Tallest Tower
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 -
Paying for transit in the GTHA 3: Gas tax
Continuing my series from last week on potential revenue tools to pay for transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area, today we come to a regional...
By Dylan Reid -
Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL Plastic bag ban: Ford pushes radio listeners to help get it rescinded [Toronto Star] Delegations off to Italy, China [Toronto Star] Top Toronto...
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NO MEAN CITY: Two young architects’ house and design lab
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture In The Globe and Mail, I introduce the young firm BlackLAB Architects and their...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Urban Planet: Citizen Engagement in Moscow’s Sleeping Districts
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: Augusta 13
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Paying for transit in the GTHA 2: Highway tolls
Road tolls are one of the oldest and most common forms of paying for transportation infrastructure — they go back millenia, and although they are...
By Dylan Reid -
Friday’s headlines
FORD Rob Ford denies ombudsman finding that his office meddled with civic appointments [Globe & Mail] Rob Ford administration...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Urban Planet: Home Ownership – good or bad?
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 -
Paying for transit in the GTHA,1: Commercial Parking Levy
In this series on the different options for raising the $2 billion/year needed to pay for new transit in the GTHA, I am starting with the idea of a...
By Dylan Reid -
Thursday’s headlines
SCHOOLS • Plans for queer-centric high school put on hold [Toronto Star] • Media shut out of Toronto gay-centric high school meeting [Toronto Sun...
By Mairin Piccinin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered