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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...
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STREET SCENE: Crossing Spadina on College
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: Pedestrians and Cyclists on Getting Politically Active
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 -
Instaflaneur: Inflation is garbage in Scarborough
A weekend wander in Scarborough turned up this ancient sign, representing a municipality that no longer exists. It appears that back in the good old...
By Shawn Micallef -
Video: The invisible bicycle helmet
Two design students who hate bike helmets (one says they’re like “a hard mushroom on your head”) took it upon themselves to create...
By Todd Harrison -
Tuesday’s headlines
DEVELOPMENT • Street Meet: The Queensway yearns to be urban [Toronto Star] • The Fixer: Useless utility pole adds to street clutter on Broadview Ave...
By Amber Daugherty -
Lost Villages: L’Amoreaux
The farming hamlet of L’Amoreaux, which straddled the border between the newly surveyed York and Scarborough Townships was settled in 1816...
By Sean Marshall -
Urban Planet: Alice in Wonderland’s Transit Map
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 -
Instaflaneur: long lines of the Regent Park aquatic centre
Late night wandering around Regent Park last night passed by the soon to be opened aquatic centre, part of the regeneration of the neighbourhood...
By Shawn Micallef -
Monday’s headlines
GARBAGE • Private garbage pick-up not so bad: Poll [Toronto Star] • Private trash collection gets a few more weeks to prove it isn’t a mess [National...
By Amber Daugherty -
Sunday on the Island 2: The Breach
This is the second post for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the potent place that they are to our city. New posts will go up on...
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Proposed changes to make Dundas and Sterling intersection safer for cyclists
Months after a tragic accident at the intersection of Dundas Street West and Sterling Road, community members of Ward 18 are talking about ways to make...
By Amber Daugherty
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered