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Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Councillor on mayor’s executive asks for cuts to police budget [Globe & Mail] • City identifies zoos, pools slated for closure, rinks that...
By Laura McConnell -
Spacing Saturday: Downtown Schools, Participatory Budgeting and Development Wars
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Gordon Price used...
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FOOD: Recipes for community hubs pt. 2
Editor’s note: In our Fall 2011 issue, “Hungry City”, Liz Clayton and Sean Waisglass took a look at neighbourhood coffee shops and...
By Allie Hunwicks -
STREET SCENE: Again On Spadina
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Fourth Wall: The Impact of Citizens’ Associations on the Culture of Civic Engagement
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 -
Friday’s headlines
BUDGET CUTS • Pools, arenas, zoos on budget hit list revealed at last [The Star] • City urged to reconsider cuts to school pools [The Star] • Ford defends...
By Laura McConnell -
GIFT IDEA: Toronto Tree Portraits Calendar
Earlier this year my consulting partner, Ian Bruce, and I had the fortune of writing the text for the 2012 Toronto Tree Portraits Calendar. The calendar...
By Todd Irvine -
Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Council approves bike friendly measures [The Sun] • Side guards get nod from city council [NOW] • Fairhaven, Stanley Park pools among those...
By Laura McConnell -
World Wide Wednesday: Lots to Parks, Sidewalks to Roads, New Transit and Play
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 -
FOOD: Recipes for community hubs pt. 1
Editor’s note: In our Fall 2011 issue, “Hungry City”, Liz Clayton and Sean Waisglass took a look at neighbourhood coffee shops and...
By Allie Hunwicks -
Walkability in tower neighbourhoods, and other walking news
I’ve written before about the project by Paul Hess and Jane Farrow to study walkability in Toronto’s high-rise neighbourhoods. It’s been...
By Dylan Reid -
Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Three city-run daycares to close [The Star] • Mayor’s press secretary resigns [The Star] • Ford’s press secretary resigns for job at the...
By Laura McConnell
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered