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Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Closing libraries doesn’t sit well with Toronto councillors [Globe & Mail] • ‘Give your time’: Seneca students offer...
By Bronwyn Clement -
What is your favourite bridge in Toronto?
During my coast-to-coast road trip this summer (I’ll have more posts on the trip over the coming weeks) I crossed over a wide variety of bridges...
By Matthew Blackett -
STREET SCENE: Reflections of the Queen Car
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Hume: Cities are part of Canada, too [The Star] • Benjamin Boles on being glued to Rob Ford [NOW] • July 2011: Rob Ford’s terrible...
By Bronwyn Clement -
World Wide Wednesday: Container markets, miniature cities, all-door boarding
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 -
Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL & MARGARET ATWOOD • Margaret Atwood quips back at Ford: ‘I’m not running for mayor yet’ [Globe & Mail] • Atwood asks...
By Bronwyn Clement -
LORINC: The Consultation Follies or the Folly of Consultation?
In the wake of Thursday’s consultapalooza, numerous pundits delighted in observing that all but three of the 169 deputants who toughed out the epic...
By John Lorinc -
Our letter to Doug Ford
Because of his recent comments about coming down on library services and stabs against a Toronto cultural icon, Spacing decided it was necessary to send a...
By Spacing -
Keeping top transit chiefs in tough times
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. A far cry, maybe, from how Billy Ocean intended it, but this old English proverb loosely describes the...
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NO MEAN CITY: Architects’ names carved in stone (or concrete..)
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Along with all of the insanity at Toronto City Council’s meetings this...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL & THE MARATHON MEETING • Hume: After the rhetoric, a conversation? [The Star] • Posted Toronto Political Panel: The birth of a mainstream...
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STREET SCENE: Take Them To Mel Lastman Square
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered