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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Bag fee could be kept alive by council [The Sun] • Councillors moving into their new office “palaces” [The Sun] • Councillor wants update on...
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BUILT HAMILTON: Won’t somebody save the buildings?
In an ongoing series for Spacing, Toronto-based writer Julie Baldassi delves into Hamilton’s built heritage conversation, its key players, and...
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Urban Planet: Bike Score
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 -
STREET SCENE: Crossing Spadina
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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My City Lives: “Old Town Toronto” part v
In the final video for our series with famous Toronto Historian Bruce Bell around Old Town Toronto we visited the St. James Cathedral. The church was...
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Tuesday’s headlines
FORD • Ford can win again; here’s why [The Star] • Rob Ford cancels ‘Cut the Waist’ weigh-in, reduces schedule to every other week [National Post] ...
By Barry Chong -
Urban Planet: Why Kids Don’t Ride to School Anymore
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 -
LORINC: Where the TTC and Metrolinx can work together
In Saturday’s Globe and Mail, I wrote about a Markham councillor – a conservative, no less – who has a radically sensible notion: That Metrolinx and the...
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Monday’s headlines
FORD • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wants to scrap 5-cent plastic bag fee [The Star] • I’m a ‘true believer’ in PanAm Games, Ford says [National Post] TRANSIT ...
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Urban Planet: Copenhagen Philharmonic Flash Mob
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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Sim City: City Slums
Like we mentioned a few weeks ago, Spacington has developed a bit of a slum. As displayed above, this once thriving neighborhood has become an area of...
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Contact Photo video selection: Ritual of the Slaves with archival Toronto film clips
The ongoing Contact photography festival across Toronto includes video installations. This one, called Rituals of the Slaves by Toronto filmmaker James...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered