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Thursday’s headlines
PLASTIC BAGS • Mayor Rob Ford asks council to scrap plastic bag fee; council instead scraps plastic bags [Toronto Star] • Shoppers react to plastic bag...
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Queen’s Quay promenade makeover finally on its way
Queen’s Quay is finally on its way to becoming the signature tourist street in all of Toronto. Yesterday, Waterfront Toronto CEO John Campbell and...
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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: NYC’s subway animations
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. If you’ve been on a...
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NOCD: Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts
Editor’s note: In the following weeks, a series of blog posts will investigate the emerging concept of the Naturally Occurring Cultural District...
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My City Lives: Street Food Block Party
The Street Food Block Party was a collaboration between the Toronto Underground Market and the Food Truck Eats that drew a crowd of well over 3,000...
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Wednesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Cyclist hit by TTC bus suffers severe head injuries [Toronto Star] • TTC workers awarded 6% raise over 3-year contract [Toronto Star] • TTC...
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Dupont bike lanes on the chopping block?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cycle Toronto issued this press release after this post was published: “Since putting out our press release this afternoon...
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Spacing releases Canada City notebook-sketchbook
The newest item added to Spacing’s e-store is our Canada City notebook/sketchbook. The 5.5-inch by 4-inch book contains 64 blank pages for your...
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STREET SCENE: Near The Place
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: WiFi on London’s Underground
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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Tuesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Premier Dalton McGuinty should tame the Metrolinx beast [Toronto Star] • Re-branding the Downtown Relief Line: “City Subway Loop”...
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Spacing, ERA Architects & the TSA present the 8th annual Toronto The Good
When: Thursday, June 7th, 2012, 6:30pm – 11pm Where: Fort York, Toronto (directions below) How much: Free Entry, Cash Bar Dear Torontonians, If you...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered