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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 -
Former mayor Art Eggelton wants you to care
In late May, approximately 150 people crowded into The Duke of York Pub to listen to a mayor speak. And no, it was not Rob Ford. Senator Art Eggleton, who...
By Daniel Viola -
Friday’s headlines
ROB FORD • Hume: Despite Ford’s fumbles, the city is in good hands [Toronto Star] FAR ENOUGH FARM • Far Enough Farm on Centre Island saved, for now...
By Amber Daugherty