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Tuesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL lead stories… • Tax hikes expected across the GTA [The Star] • Ford’s budget: TTC, user fees increased [The Star] • Liberal councillors...
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SkyDome construction in two and a half minutes + 22 year old skyline flashback
Ellis Don Construction posted this time-lapse video of the SkyDome under construction. “Two and a half years in two and a half minutes” they...
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STREET SCENE: 2011 On Track
STREET SCENE: 2011 On Track Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Monday’s Headlines
CITY HALL • City Budget: Small cuts now, pain for 2012 [The Star] • A chat with Ford’s arts guy [The Star] • Hume: Planning chair eyes Etobicoke’s urban...
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Rock & Roll Urbanism: The Pretenders & My City Was Gone
With the Empress Hotel fire on Yonge Street last week our thoughts have been turned to the city’s built form and how to better preserve the worthy...
By Shawn Micallef -
Literal street names
Here’s a Sunday afternoon pastime — I was walking up Broadview Ave. on that suddenly mild New Year’s Day and was reminded again how that...
By Dylan Reid -
Spacing Saturday: Ice Bridge, Public Squares and Uptown St John
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Alanah Heffez looks into the...
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Before & After: Inspecting the History at 335 Yonge
Comparative Then and Now South east corner of Yonge and Gould 1950s – 2010 Before and After will appear each Friday showcasing mixed Then and Nows...
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Friday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Library board defies Ford to seek increase [The Star] • City wants to be “At Your Service” [National Post] • What a deal! $6M in property...
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STREET SCENE: Eastbound
STREET SCENE: Eastbound Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Thursday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • First cut? Toronto residents get two garbage tags, not four [The Star] • Chris Selley: Make them pay for their plastic bags [National Post...
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World Wide Wednesday: Bike Art, Web-City, Streetcars
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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered