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Tuesday’s headlines
GARDINER • Gardiner Expressway concrete falls on Mercedes at Yonge St. and Lake Shore Blvd. [Toronto Star] • ‘It sounded like a gunshot’: Driver shaken...
By Amber Daugherty -
Urban Planet: Transient Camps
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 -
Cities for People: Simcoe Street Revival
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People workshop. This post was researched and written by Laura Headley, Margarita...
By Shawn Micallef -
LORINC: Welcome to the huburbs of Greater Toronto
An elegant little planning book is doing the rounds these days – an intriguing 123-page volume entitled “Huburbs: Transit and Urbanism in the...
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Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Ford brothers muse on radio about Canada Day parade [Toronto Star] • Ford OK with on-street parking hike [The Sun] • Kristyn Wong-Tam has big...
By Amber Daugherty -
Sunday on the Island 1: Slippery Names, Soft Sands.
This is the first of some posts for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the potent place that they are to our city. New posts will go up on...
By Erica Yudelman -
War of 1812: The Battle of Crysler’s Farm
To help mark the War of 1812’s bicentennial year, staff from the Archives of Ontario will be posting a series of articles highlighting their related...
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Urban Planet: Greenpeace’s Billboard Ad
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 -
You have until Sunday to see The Encampment at Fort York — here’s a ground & aerial photo tour
You have until Sunday to see Luminato installation of The Encampment at Fort York. 200 tents arranged within the fort walls each contain an installation...
By Shawn Micallef -
STREET SCENE: 4117
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Cities for People: Davisville Village is Toronto’s small town neighbourhood
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People workshop. This post was researched and written by Yaw Asante, Lorene Casiez...
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Friday’s headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Who gets a key to the city? [Toronto Star] • Mayor Rob Ford gives McDonald’s Canada founder George Cohon key to the city [Toronto Star...
By Amber Daugherty
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered