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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Rob Ford losing key votes on council, analysis shows [The Star] • Affable Toronto mayor pulls few punches [Globe & Mail] • Rob Ford...
By Laura McConnell -
Fourth Wall: Choosing When We Choose
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 -
Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Ward 9 byelection rejected, Augimeri to stay [The Star] • Judge rules ward 9 elections valid, no byelection for Maria Augimeri [Torontoist] â€...
By Laura McConnell -
Spacing office sale extended to this week
WHAT: Spacing office holiday sale WHERE: CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst St (just south of Bloor), ground floor WHEN: Mon Dec 19 – Wed Dec 21, noon-6pm Due...
By Mike Bulko -
LORINC: Acceleration and Other Myths About Life in the Fast Lane
Listening to the first post-kumbaya consultation by Waterfront Toronto, at the Toronto Reference Library a week ago, I was struck (again) by the sense...
By John Lorinc -
Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Rob Ford’s ‘fantastic year’ [Globe & Mail] • Ford’s answer to fiscal crisis: cut revenue [National Post] • Toronto...
By Laura McConnell -
Spacing Saturday: Downtown Moves, Cosmopolitanism and Ho Chi Minh City
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Erick Villagomez...
By Marcus Bowman -
Fourth Wall: Our Elections – Back to Basics
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 -
Before & After: King at Yonge
Comparative Then and Now King St West looking east across Yonge St, ca. 1890 – 2011 Before and After will appear each Friday showcasing mixed Then...
By Alden Cudanin -
Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Ford will struggle for votes on land transfer tax [The Star] • Ford vows to keep promise on land transfer tax [The Sun] • Efficiency report...
By Laura McConnell -
Smart Growth 1966, or “plus ca change …”
Here’s a quote from “Proposals for a New Plan for Toronto”, published in 1966 for public discussion at the Toronto Planning Board. A...
By Dylan Reid -
GIFT GUIDE: Great children’s books that feature cities
In the (almost) five years since our first kid was born, my wife and I have amassed an impressive collection of children’s books. But as our collection...
By Todd Harrison
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered