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Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Mammoliti’s Pride threat just a lot of hot air [NOW] • Rob Ford’s big retreat [NOW] • The imaginarium of Dr.Ford [The Grid] TTC ...
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World Wide Wednesday: Renegade infrastructure funding, Brazilian street art, ant planning
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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Guerrilla Gardening
It’s the summer solstice and a group of 18 guerrilla gardeners descend on a neglected and garbage-filled lot on D’arcy Street, just off Spadina Avenue...
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MY CITY LIVES: David Miller, Transit Mayor part v
“David Miller Transit Mayor” is an unprecedented web series that explores the life and leadership of Toronto’s 63rd mayor, as explained by Miller himself...
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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Auditor General’s office spared budget axe [The Star] • Mutiny at Audit Committee [National Post] • Holyday wants to cut auditor...
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Paddling the Don
It is 8 am on a cloudy Sunday morning and at Seton Park a hundred or so canoeists and kayakers mill around itching to hop in the Don River for the Annual...
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Fort York Dig: A crater, a magazine, and a rampart
EDITOR: This is the second installment in our series following the Fort York archeological dig of the Government House site. Click here for more...
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Lost Villages: Cooksville
Modern condo towers in Mississauga City Centre and traffic on Hurontario Street overwhelm old Cooksville In 1794, one year after the founding of York...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL & PRIDE • Toronto councillor vows to cut Pride funding – at all costs [Globe & Mail] • Withhold Pride funding over anti-Israel...
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So, Giorgio Mammoliti wants to defund Pride…
EDITOR: This past weekend’s Pride may have been the most politicized in twenty years due to events of the past few weeks. Today Councillor Giorgio...
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ROAD SHOW: Across the ferry to Victoria!
To coincide with the launch of Spacing’s first national issue, the magazine is hosting events in 10 Canadian cities this summer. The Spacing Road...
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NO MEAN CITY: At U of T, updating Eric Arthur
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture If the name No Mean City sounds vaguely familiar to you, that’s because...
By Alex Bozikovic
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered