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Removal of Jarvis bike lane to cost $272,000
Installing a bike lane takes money, but uninstalling it can take even more. And sometimes, as with the case of the removal of the Jarvis bike lane, a lot...
By Jake Tobin Garrett -
Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • New user fees will take a bite out of Toronto wallets [The Star] • Toronto’s year-end surplus surges to $154 million [The Star] • Battle...
By Laura McConnell -
NO MEAN CITY: The genius of walk-up apartments
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Toronto’s housing market may be slowing down, but it’s been incredibly...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Toronto to review ‘vitally important’ vision for future [Globe & Mail] • Councillors vote to send information pillars back to...
By Laura McConnell -
World Wide Wednesday: Ghettos, hospitals and green zoning
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Rob Ford’s funding cuts protested at mayor’s New Year’s Levee [Globe & Mail] • Toronto timeline: protesters crash Rob...
By Laura McConnell -
STREET SCENE: 505
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Fourth Wall: Upgrading the Clamshell
This series features highlights from the ongoing exhibit The Fourth Wall: Transforming City Hall. The exhibit, on now at the Urbanspace Gallery, considers...
By Hilary Best -
LORINC: Ford, Miller and the crime file
Did anyone hear Mayor Rob Ford so much as grunt a word of thanks, on behalf of all Torontonians, to his predecessor for backing a slate of policies that...
By John Lorinc -
STREET SCENE: Near a Cafe
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • 2011 with Rob and Doug Ford filled with lots of relish, no gravy [The Star] • Ford spends his time with ‘the little guy’ [The...
By Laura McConnell -
STREET SCENE: 501
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered