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Instaflaneur: LCBO Summerhill lights it up at night
The LCBO / Summerhill train station palace is lit up nicely at night, like so many buildings in Europe and the U.S. I wrote my Star column a few weeks ago...
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Dusk Dances brings Withrow Park to life
This week, I took part in Dusk Dances at Withrow Park, a Toronto-based outdoor dance festival that presents diverse choreographic works in city parks...
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Weekend deal on War of 1812 magnets
As we enter the Simcoe Day long weekend, Spacing wants to offer our readers a deal on our popular War of 1812 fridge magnets. The set of 12 magnets...
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STREET SCENE: Night Scene with Bike Lock
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Spacing’s Shawn Micallef one of this year’s TEDxToronto speakers
A partial list of speakers for this year’s TEDxToronto conference was released yesterday and includes our Senior Editor Shawn Micallef along with...
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Friday’s headlines
TRANSIT • TTC tunnelling on Spadina line delayed by accident investigation [Toronto Star] • Undercover bosses ride TTC [The Sun] • Toronto’s Amphibious...
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Instaflaneur: E-bike E-bikes E-bikes good lord the E-bikes
E-bikes, those infantilizing-human-dignity-removal-machines, are breeding like electric bunnies. So much so that last Saturday you could not walk down...
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Urban Planet: Urban Maeztro’s Street Art in Tegucigalpa
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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Headspace: Susan McIsaac, CEO of the United Way, discusses priority neighbourhoods
Susan McIsaac is CEO of the United Way of Toronto. Since 1956, The United Way has been working to provide services to the poor and needy in our city...
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Thursday’s headlines
GUN CRIME • Police release wanted notices for gun-crime suspects ahead of Caribbean Carnival [National Post] • Warnings re-issued for gun-crime suspects...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: That time Paris melted
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. From the “we swear it’s...
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Double standard holding back bike-share while car-sharing expands
Last week, Tyler Hamilton wrote a good column in the Toronto Star on the rise of car-sharing companies in Toronto. Entitled “Not owning a car in T.O. has...
By Jake Schabas
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered