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Tuesday’s headlines
TRANSIT Toronto’s long awaited transit conversation begins [Globe & Mail] Highway toll, fuel tax top city staff’s list of ways to fund...
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STRUCTURES: St. John’s Ward
Editor’s note: Spacing has teamed up with Rogers TV to spread the word about their show Structures, their weekly program that takes a look at the...
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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...
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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...
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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CITY HALL Plastic bag ban: Ford pushes radio listeners to help get it rescinded [Toronto Star] Delegations off to Italy, China [Toronto Star] Top Toronto...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...
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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...
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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...
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Friday’s headlines
FORD Rob Ford denies ombudsman finding that his office meddled with civic appointments [Globe & Mail] Rob Ford administration...
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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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered