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LORINC: Doing the Surplus Two-Step
For those who are keeping score, 2010 isn’t the first time the city’s bean-counters delivered an unexpectedly large budget surplus, nor is it...
By John Lorinc -
Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Diverse city, not so diverse council [ National Post ] • Councillors spend thousands in public cash on donations that boost their profile ...
By Katia Snukal -
Spacing Saturday
Every Saturday, we highlight recent posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. • The opening of the...
By Katia Snukal -
STREET SCENE: Sunny Cab on Ossington
Takeout coffee and a phone call perhaps. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Toronto election: how to avoid getting a wedgie in this Brady Bunch city
The following is a reprint of my recent Psychogeography column in Eye Weekly. Photo by Lone Primate. In an election year very strange and illogical things...
By Shawn Micallef -
In with the old, Out with the “news”
View from south-west corner of King Street and Bay Street. ca. 1926-2009 Always the heart of Toronto’s financial district, the north-east corner...
By Alden Cudanin -
Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Councillors spend thousands in public cash on donations that boost their profile [ Globe & Mail ] • Top-spending councillor calls for...
By Katia Snukal -
CITY COUNCILLORS USE EXPENSE BUDGETS ON (gasp!) EXPENSES
It probably says something that Rob Ford is being more restrained and thoughtful than even the Toronto Star these days. Pressed by the Post for comment...
By Jonathan Goldsbie -
STREET SCENE: Streetcar In The Sun
signs of an early spring. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Remember the hoarding: R.E.M. on Yonge Street
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XFMCgeI7c[/youtube] In May of 2001 R.E.M. played a free concert in the rain at Yonge and Dundas. That’s...
By Shawn Micallef -
Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • TTC chair spent $3,000 on taxis last year [ Toronto Star ] • Councillor expensed chipmunk costume [ Toronto Star ] • Councillor defends...
By Katia Snukal -
Bike lanes would help Bloor West Village businesses
The current street design paradigm in this city seems to assume that one of the biggest opponents to bike lanes on Toronto’s major arterials are the...
By Marcus Bowman
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered