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Thursday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Rob Ford: What the next 100 days will bring [The Star] • James: Ford drives a tight agenda [The Star] • Enter Rob Ford: 100 days of orders...
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World Wide Wednesday: Trouble in paradise and the beauty of dust
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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Wednesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Council seeks an auditor’s review of Toronto Hydro [The Star] • Council drops bid for private data [The Star] • Council approves Najib...
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Rob Ford Toronto graffiti crackdown personal?
As Spacing‘s Dylan Reid wrote earlier today, Mayor Rob Ford is cracking down on graffiti in Toronto. The above picture was taken on April 29, 2010...
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Heritage developer Paul Oberman dies in plane crash
News broke earlier this afternoon that Paul Oberman, the developer behind the restoration of prominent Toronto heritage properties including the Gooderham...
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The question of graffiti
In his campaign for mayor, Rob Ford promised to crack down on graffiti. Apparently, the crackdown has now started in the most visible possible location...
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Soil Recycling in the Portlands
Toronto’s waterfront, the largest revitalization of a brownfield site in North America, is being cleaned up, one pile of dirt at a time. Soil recycling...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Council’s bid for peek at secret data: $250,000 and counting [The Star] • James: Does Ford have secret plan to sell social housing? [The...
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STREET SCENE: College Car
STREET SCENE: College Car Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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LORINC: The Toronto Community Housing Conundrum
Lost amidst all the bleating about chocolates and pedicures and heads bouncing across Nathan Philips Square is a question I hope Jeff Griffiths, the...
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Monday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Building Ford Nation [The Star] • Provincial politicians skeptical of ‘Ford Nation’ advocacy group [The Star] • Why Rob Ford might not want...
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Celebrate Toronto’s 177th birthday on Sunday supporting Toronto’s First Post Office
WHAT: Celebrate Toronto’s 177th birthday WHERE: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King Street East WHEN: Sunday, March 6, 7:30PM WHY: To benefit...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered