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Tuesday’s headlines
JACK LAYTON’S MUNICIPAL LEGACY • Jack Layton ‘a Torontonian first’ [Globe & Mail] • Jack Layton: Toronto’s gift to Canada...
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Jack Layton in 1982, winning his first Toronto City Council election
Memories, memorials and raw thoughts are flowing across the city and country this morning remembering Jack Layton. Here’s the moment where it all...
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STREET SCENE: Queen & Tecumseth
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL • The alienation of Karen Stintz [Globe & Mail] • Ford mum on vow to scrap land sales tax, as budget shortfall looms [The Star] JACK...
By Bronwyn Clement -
Spacing Saturday: Rental Housing, Haphazard Development and Underpass Park
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Waterfront Toronto...
By Marcus Bowman -
NO MEAN CITY: How to invite people into the development process?
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture The always energetic Dave Meslin has noticed a design problem that needs some...
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Before & After: Intersection Clean Up
Comparative Then and Now Church and Adelaide looking west ca. 1912 – 2010 Before and After will appear each Friday showcasing mixed Then and Nows by...
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Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • The tale of Rob Ford and how he’s lost the plot [The Star] • Accused ‘sorry’ over alleged Ford threat [The Sun] • Mental...
By Bronwyn Clement -
How I could support a Sheppard subway extension (but not Rob Ford’s version)
While I attending Earl Haig Secondary School in the early 1990s, the construction of subway lines suddenly became a fascinating interest to me. There was...
By Matthew Blackett -
STREET SCENE: @ Bathurst and Queen
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Thursday’s Headlines
CITY HALL • Alice Klein on youth rage and city cuts [NOW] • Scaring up Ford Nation [NOW] • Hold the gravy, but keep the meat [The Grid] FORD & THE...
By Bronwyn Clement -
World Wide Wednesday: Cycling monuments, Endangered places, Pop-Up Playgrounds
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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered