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Hot Docs: The Interrupters
Thoughout The Interrupters, the streets of Chicago are repeatedly called a “war zone.” While this is a phrase repeated by wide-eyed, blonde Fox reporters...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
FEDERAL ELECTION • Polling station snags reported across city [The Star] • Liberals crushed in GTA [The Star] • James: GTA boosted Tories but will they...
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Hot Docs: St-Henri, the 26th of August
In 1962, three Quebec filmmakers collaborated on St-Henri, le cinq Septembre, a project documenting working class life in the Montreal neighbourhood of...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
LORINC: following Ford’s campaign money trail
The three members of council’s compliance audit committee will convene Friday morning to consider item EA2.2, a.k.a. Ted Ho’s application to review Mayor...
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STREET SCENE: Chillin’
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Toronto’s Next Steps on Complete Streets
At this year’s fourth annual Complete Streets Forum, Eva Ligeti, Executive Director of the Clean Air Partnership, emphasized that “the continued business...
By Hilary Best -
Monday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • City Hall Diary: Urban votes should count for more [The Star] • Council spending includes cakes, lion dances and 4-digit cellphone bills...
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Event: Malls Across America, 1989
In the late 1980s, filmmaker Michael Galinsky took a roadtrip across the U.S., stopping at dozens of malls to photograph those shopping, eating, and...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Hot Docs: Battle for Brooklyn
It was once said of Robert Moses that, “He loves the public, but not as people.” Moses was of course the modernist “master-builder” of 20th -century New...
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What to See at Hot Docs 2011
Hot Docs 2011 began last night, and runs until May 8. In the next week Spacing will be posting reviews of some urbanist-relevant films. In the meantime...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Street Stories: Bloor Street
Synonymous with both subways and shopping but most recently with streetscaping construction woes, Bloor Street has joined St. Clair as an example of the...
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Friday’s Headlines
TRANSPORTATION • U.S. diplomats interested in TTC contracts, cables show [Globe & Mail] • West Collision Reporting Centre to close May 3 [Globe &...
By Eric Mutrie
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered