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Monday’s headlines
WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT • Waterfront Toronto keen to collaborate on port lands [The Star] • Ferris wheel pitchman says ‘only Rob Ford’ listened [Globe...
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150 years of Toronto’s streetcars
Image from Toronto Archives, Fonds 16, Series 71, Item 3363. Single-horse Seaton Village car, 1890. Ten days ago, on September 1, the Toronto Transit...
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Friday’s headlines
WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT • New port lands plan will cost taxpayers $270 million [Globe & Mail] • Mayor Ford defends brother’s waterfront vision [The...
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Guest Toronto waterfront commentary: it ain’t about the monorail or Ferris Wheel. It’s the long-term lost revenue.
EDITOR: The following is commentary by Jon Robson, cross-posted from his tumblr. Robson is an amateur photographer and close municipal politics watcher...
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STREET SCENE: Laundry
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Thursday’s headlines
WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT • Doug Ford’s waterfront sells us out for the short-term money [The Grid] • Ferris wheel of fortune [Torontoist] • Waterfront...
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World Wide Wednesday: Open source planning, test cities, Change by Us
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
WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT • Ford vows port lands remake within a decade [Globe & Mail] • City moves to take over port lands [National Post] • Doug...
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LORINC: Going around and around on new waterfront plans
With Rob Ford’s executive committee set to view brother Doug’s plan to transform the Port Lands into an up-market playground, I’d like to add a pair of...
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Walking Toronto comes to Facebook
I’ve set up a new Facebook group, “Walking Toronto“, to provide a venue for people who are interested in walking issues in our city and...
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Tuesday’s headlines
WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT • Doug Ford’s Ferris wheel idea not so loopy after all [Globe & Mail] • Doug Ford’s tourist friendly plan for Port Lands faces...
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STREET SCENE: Swing Your Partner
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered