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Thursday’s headlines
PARADES & FESTIVALS • Pride survives [Now] • Caribana gets a new name [National Post] • Caribana to be called Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival...
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World Wide Wednesday: The Whitney, LeafSnap, Climate Change and Tornadoes
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
PRIDE • No new strings with Toronto’s Pride funding [National Post] • Pride likely to receive city funding after threats over controversial...
By Katia Snukal -
LORINC: Rob Ford’s Not-so-Excellent Week
Did Mayor Rob Ford move the pigskin towards his end zone last week? An average – which is to say marginally informed – voter might say the answer is an...
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Ken Greenberg Talks Flexible Urbanism in New Book
Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder by Ken Greenberg, Random House Canada, 400 pages, $29.95 After the election of Rob Ford, it seemed as...
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On the waterfront, and what we can learn from Philadelphia
It’s been a bad month for those of us who care about urban design, or the big picture about city-builidng, in Toronto. Forget New York run by the...
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Why I Sought an Audit of Rob Ford
The editors of Spacing asked our long-time contributor Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler to write a personal column on the motives and reasons why he and Toronto...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Ford shouldn’t interfere on issue of disputed election [Globe & Mail] • Advice on advisory committees[National Post] • Ford targets bag...
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STREET SCENE: Laundromat Man
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Spacing Saturday: Bixi Bailout, Walkability and the Fort York Bridge
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. As Toronto and Ottawa roll out...
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Friday’s headlines
TDSB SOLAR ROOFS • Shedding light on TDSB solar deal [National Post] • TDSB strikes deal to have solar panels installed on 450 schools [Globe & Mail...
By Katia Snukal -
STREET SCENE: College West
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered