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Instaflaneur: late evenings on the Toronto Islands municipal pier
A Sunday afternoon spent on the Hanlan’s Point beach ends waiting for the Wards Island ferry back to the mainland. With ferry cutbacks to an already...
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Monday’s headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Toronto votes: Ranked ballots for 2018? Toronto city council may vote on changing its election system [Toronto Star] • ‘Adam Vaughan’s goal...
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Toronto’s next generation of architects
There’s a new group of architects looking up at our city with fresh, bright eyes. They’re interested in changing the way people move through the streets...
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Toronto from above — big, green and beautiful — a photo essay from a helicopter by Shawn Micallef
This week in my Toronto Star column I write about a helicopter ride I tagged along on last Friday with photographer Cindy Blazevic as she snapped pics...
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STREET SCENE: University /College
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: Smart Growth in Calgary
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 -
Complete streets coming to a Canadian city near you
The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) has launched a nationwide campaign that promotes cities to adopt “complete streets”...
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The Spacing Bike: our new mobile store on three wheels
WHAT: Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington WHEN: Sunday, July 29th noon-7pm WHERE: Kensington Market (find us along the north end of Augusta Ave) For over 8...
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Friday’s headlines
ONTARIO PLACE • Hume: Tory report on Ontario Place too sensible to be implemented [Toronto star] • Sell off chunk of Ontario Place to developers, maybe...
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Urban Planet: Live Where You Go
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 -
Photo installation allows councillors to see through Fresh Eyes
From the lower windows of Toronto City Hall, many pairs of eyes peer out onto Nathan Phillips Square. If you pass quickly, you could miss them, but look...
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Making the TTC and downtown hospitable to families
Yesterday morning, I got into an argument with a stranger while riding with my wife and kids on the subway. I’d been standing for several stops with my...
By Todd Harrison
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered