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LORINC: What We Talk About When We Talk About Guns
In the wake of the Eaton Centre shooting, The Sun’s Joe Warmington declared predictably that Toronto is “a dangerous city.” The rebuttals – statistical...
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STREET SCENE: Charger On Dundas West
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Urban Planet: Popularise – Collaborative Planning Online
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 -
Broken leg exposes broken system
Editor’s note: This is an augmented version of a piece that appeared in Spacing’s Summer 2012 issue. In January, I suffered a serious cycling...
By Sean Marshall -
Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Toronto City Council: Ban plastic bags, but bring on the Olympics [Toronto Star] • Mayor Ford bites back after province refuses to approve...
By Amber Daugherty -
Urban Planet: Preserving the View of Citadel Hill
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 -
Monday’s headlines
PEARSON • Pearson lands high-flying airport chief [Toronto Star] • Transport Canada tight-lipped about security changes prompted by stowaway at Pearson...
By Amber Daugherty -
NO MEAN CITY: ‘What have you always wanted to do to a house?’
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture This weekend, a crew of young architecture students and artists are using a...
By Alex Bozikovic -
War of 1812: The road to war
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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Sim City: Auto-Saurus-Rex, Volcano, UFO’s in Spacington!
This week some interesting irregular events took place in Spacington: UFO landing, Auto-Saurus-Rex rampage, and a Volcano erupted. If you like this kind...
By Dylan Collie -
Urban Planet: New York Elevator Views
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 -
Is this the ugliest pedestrian tunnel in Toronto?
Serving as pedestrian tunnels, the two large corrugated metal pipes tucked under a CN rail bridge on Dufferin Street just north of Eglinton Avenue connect...
By Mairin Piccinin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered