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Spacing Saturday
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Evan Thornton summarizes both...
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G20: Mayor breeds new generation of cynics
“The Toronto Police Service, with very little lead time, I think did a job that can only be described as extremely professional and to the highest...
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Friday’s Headlines
G20 Aftermath • G20 debates a friendship in the breaking [ Toronto Star ] • Protesters demand Bill Blair’s resignation, call for inquiry into G20...
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STREET SCENE: Sidewalk Art Opening with a Hidden Glass of Wine
An innocent act Happy Canada Day. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Happy Canada Day
We’ve posted this before, but why not put it up again? The circa 1979 Oh Canada film (the best one, certainly). Happy Canada Day, Toronto.
By Shawn Micallef -
Cities for People — Alexandra Park Design Intervention
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class is about)...
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World Wide Wednesday: Transit maps, subway stations, and monorails
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...
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Wednesday’s Headlines
G20 Aftermath • Calls for G20 inquiry ratchet up [ Toronto Star ] • G20 detainees gather to heal [ Toronto Star ] • Demonstrators storm police pride event...
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G20: Hitting us where it hurts
It was an eerie experience traversing Toronto’s should-be-bustling downtown streets in the days leading up to the G20. But it wasn’t freedom I...
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G20: The revolution will be televised (on YouTube)
Last week, social media demonstrated that Toronto is a quite a plugged-in city: Twitter, Flickr and Facebook quickly confirmed that an earthquake had...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
G20 Aftermath • Cabinet secrecy opens doors to legal challenge [ Toronto Star ] • Pressure builds on Ottawa for compensation [ Toronto Star ] • Menon...
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G20: A few questions to ask organizers of G20
Simply put, this weekend in Toronto was horrible on every level. All of the events that transpired need to be examined with critical eyes — from...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered