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Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Yemen’s 16th century skyscrapers
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. Residential high rises weren’t...
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York U Cities Institute free lecture by Shawn Micallef Friday: How to fall in love with your city, while avoiding a culture war
What: Free public lecture hosted by the City Institute of York University Where: York University, Room 140, HNES Building When: Friday, March 30th 2:30PM...
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My City Lives: Adam Vaughan
Adam Vaughan is serving his second term at Toronto City Hall where he is completing his mandate to bring change. In this video Vaughan discusses how to...
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Laneway Housing: The 24 laneway of Kensington Market
EDITOR: This is the second post in our series looking at the laneway housing projects created in a University of Toronto Architecture Faculty’s...
By Spacing -
Toronto Streetcar t-shirts on sale all week
WHAT: Toronto Streetcar t-shirt sale WHEN: Today until Sunday (March 28-April 1) WHERE: on Spacing’s e-store COST: $22 (usually $30) with promo code...
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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Fiorito: Mayor drunk on power [The Star] • Mayor responds to accusations he jumped the gun on election call [Globe & Mail] • ‘Rob...
By Laura McConnell -
Around 40% of people in Toronto walk at least part of their commute
The new report from Toronto Public Health, The Walkable City: Neighbourhood Design and Preferences, Travel Choices and Health (PDF), provides a crucial...
By Dylan Reid -
Urban Planet: Open Spending Budgeting App
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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STREET SCENE: Do Not Pass
STREET SCENE: Do Not Pass Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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“The Walkable City”: a new report from Toronto Public Health
Yesterday, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health released a new report by Toronto Public Health, The Walkable City: Neighbourhood Design and...
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Laneway Housing: The Park Keeper’s House in Trinity-Niagara
EDITOR: This is the second post in our series looking at the laneway housing projects created in a University of Toronto Architecture Faculty’s...
By Spacing -
Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Toronto city council should ok a red light district, Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti says [The Star] • Mayor Rob Ford hints that he’ll...
By Laura McConnell
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered