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Fire at Honest Ed’s (Honest Ed’s OK)
A little after midnight we were walking south on Bathurst, rounded the Bloor Pizza Pizza corner and saw a glow from the window of Honest Ed’s. My...
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STREET SCENE: A View of National Beauty Salon
Hair cuts and travel, but first you have to cross the street. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Thursday’s headlines
MAYORAL RACE • HiddenAgenda.com [ Now Magazine ] • If any candidate has a better hat, I’ll eat mine [ Globe & Mail ] • Blind PR agent is...
By Katia Snukal -
World Wide Wednesday: Virtual billboards, sprawling cities and the world’s tallest building
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...
By Katia Snukal -
Wednesday’s headlines
MAYORAL RACE • Mayor race narrows as Shelley Carroll opts out [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto budget chief decides against mayoral bid [ Globe & Mail ] â€...
By Katia Snukal -
STREET SCENE: 505 and a Gold Fish
Someone has a nice sculpture of a fish in their store front window. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Public and private infrastructure in action (imagined and real)
The Twitterverse recently led me to an interesting blog post that pointed out how, in the Bourne movies, the Jason Bourne character “uses public...
By Dylan Reid -
Event Guide: Walking Strategy Designer’s Forum
How can Toronto’s design community contribute to making Toronto a better city for walking? To help get the City’s new Walking Strategy off the...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s headlines
WATER PIPES • City pipe dream: no more breaks [ Toronto Star ] • Get used to those broken watermains [ Toronto Star ] • Burst water pipes here to stay...
By Katia Snukal -
JOHN LORINC: And then there were three (four, five…?)
Will history kill George Smitherman’s mayoral ambitions? Setting aside the issue of his temperament, Smitherman — who officially registered last...
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Help us write a handbook of Toronto etiquette
Social norms vary from city to city. In Marrakech it’s perfectly normal for a shopkeeper to offer mint tea to a potential customer before setting off on a...
By Spacing -
Monday’s headlines
POWER OUTAGE • Eight hours of cold feet for the well-heeled [ Globe & Mail ] • Power restored downtown after flooding leaves thousands in the dark ...
By Katia Snukal
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered