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Monday’s headlines
OCCUPY TORONTO • Occupy movement goes through growing pains [Globe & Mail] • Occupy: a movement in search of a destination [Globe & Mail] • Occupy...
By Laura McConnell -
Spacing Saturday: CanU, Safe Cycling and the Legg Residence
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Brian Gould reports...
By Marcus Bowman -
The many streets of Dundas
TTC work crews laying new tracks on Dundas Street Diversion east of Yonge Street in 1923, linking former Agnes and Wilton Streets, and in the process...
By Sean Marshall -
LORINC: Where Ford’s breadcrumb trail ends
There were two highly revealing figures in the supplementary campaign disclosures filed by Mayor Rob Ford last week, as well as a lot of figures that...
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Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Toronto library services face cutbacks [The Star] • Report proposes $17 million in cuts for libraries [Globe & Mail] • City’s head...
By Laura McConnell -
STREET SCENE: Trinity Bellwoods
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Headspace: Debbie Field, Foodshare
This regular online series will feature interviews with fascinating and influential urban thinkers, with a focus on discussing how Toronto can become a...
By Luca De Franco -
NO MEAN CITY: An idea we should steal from New York
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture. The new architecture critic of the New York Times, Michael Kimmelman, recently...
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Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Doug Ford rips council for healthy drinks policy [Globe & Mail] • Healthy drinks cost city $1M on vending deal [National Post] • James...
By Laura McConnell -
World Wide Wednesday: Stolen bridges and brutalist preservation
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...
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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • City headed for $140M surplus thanks to tax Ford wants to scrap [The Star] • City finds extra $139.3-million but councillors disagree on how...
By Laura McConnell -
Building Community One Veggie at a Time
The first time she came by, on a chilly May morning, she gave me a decisive thumbs down and kept on walking. The next week she came she gave a tentative...
By Jessica Lemieux
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered