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World Wide Wednesday: Moscow, Vancouver and America’s high-speed rail
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
TTC • TTC unveils online trip planner [ Globe & Mail ] • Just click to plan your trip [ Toronto Star ] • The Better Way may soon be the nicer way, too...
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Social Media Week Event: We Built This City on Web 2.0
WHERE: Urban Strategies: 197 Spadina Avenue, 4th floor WHEN: Thursday, February 4th, 5 – 7 pm HOW MUCH: Free (Requires registration) There will also be a...
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Spacing Radio 015 is on the air!
In this episode of Spacing Radio, we tackle the obstacles facing pedestrians and explore the forgotten, abandoned places in our midst. We begin with...
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STREET SCENE: King Tut Art Gallery
The AGO enjoys some celebrities that are very old. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Tuesday’s headlines
MAYORAL RACE • Smitherman pledges TTC overhaul [ Globe & Mail ] • Hip hop and squeals greet Adam Giambrone [ Toronto Star ] • Rob Ford commissions own...
By Katia Snukal -
Hong Kong: Traditional markets and walkways in the sky
The Star Ferry passes in front of Hong Kong’s electric skyline Hong Kong is a ceaselessly amazing case study in crowd management. With space at an...
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JOHN LORINC: Councillors’ ideas on how to fix TTC
Say this for Adam Giambrone’s long-shot run for mayor (which he launches tonight at Revival): As TTC chair, his very presence in the race all but...
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City seeking members for new Sign Variance Committee
As we have seen, allowing politicians to adjudicate on new billboard applications can be, well, problematic. That’s why City Council is setting up...
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Monday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Exhausted by the TTC [ Toronto Sun ] • Hume: The great wedge of 2010: Transit [ Toronto Star ] • Building a better way, one tweet at a time ...
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GTA’s Lost Villages: Meadowvale
The latest installment in this series brings us to Meadowvale Village, a well-preserved rural settlement that is now all but lost in Mississauga’s...
By Sean Marshall -
STREET SCENE: Look Up 9
We got the power. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered