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Friday’s headlines
ROB FORD • Mayor Rob Ford gets a driver — in Edmonton [Toronto Star] • Councillor Doug Ford says he will convince Mayor Rob Ford to accept a driver...
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NO MEAN CITY: Toronto Rising
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Hard to believe that September’s Toronto International Film Festival is...
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Spacing brings you another great night of lawn bowling
We’ve had a great time playing lawn bowling with the Royal Spacing Lawn Bowling Society of Toronto over the past two weeks (pictures and video to...
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Urban Planet: Calthorpe on China’s Automotive Urbanization
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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New plan actually improves the Port Lands
Last week, Waterfront Toronto released a revision of the plans for the Port Lands (pictured below). The revision was part of the “Port Lands...
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Instaflaneur: the Rochester ferry terminal has the best lonely view in the city
The Rochester ferry terminal is a lonely, lonely place these days. Rochester! We hardly knew you. I, like everybody (?), always meant to take the ferry...
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MOVE Expo explores the past, present, and future of urban transportation
To reach Evergreen Brick Works, visitors typically walk to a subway station, hop on a train, and transfer to a shuttle bus. This multi-modal transit trip...
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Thursday’s headlines
POLICE SPENDING • Levy: Targeting police spending (Toronto Sun) • Blair says budget freeze would force layoffs (Globe & Mail) ONTARIO PLACE • The man...
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Event: Inspiring Ideas for Trees in Public Spaces
Our friends at Park People are co-sponsoring a talk tomorrow evening to show how cities around the world have been using trees as unique design features...
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Community activism not enough to deviate Toronto flight paths
Sheryl Herle awakes at 3 a.m. to a loud, drowning sound of something flying overhead her house. Her two children are sleeping, and she has to be up at 6...
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Dawson City: big city problems in a small northern town
Tim Falconer is the author of three books, including Drive: A Road Trip through Our Complicated Affair with the Automobile. He recently spent three...
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Wednesday’s headlines
FORD • Mayor Rob Ford says of reading while driving: ‘Yeah, probably. I’m busy’ [Toronto Sun] • Toronto police to Mayor Rob Ford: Get a...
By Mairin Piccinin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered