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Dept. of Funny Signs: Signspotting exhibition, Copenhagen
Imagine my delight when, wandering around Copenhagen on vacation, I came across an entire exhibit of funny signs in one of the main squares. The...
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Friday’s Headlines
CITY HALL • Councillors win legal support from City [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto city council will debate essential services [ CBC ] &bull...
By Jake Schabas -
Corrections in Royson James’ article
As one of the many sites collecting daily articles from the local papers, Spacing received a press release from City Hall today correcting some factual...
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STREET SCENE: Outside the Royal Bank
I actually know the guy in the green truck. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Copenhagen: transit platform and bike lane
One of the tricky aspects of the planned pedestrian and transit improvements to Roncesvalles is the TTC’s desire to put transit-boarding platforms...
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Thursday’s Headlines
UNION STATION • $640M Union upgrade OK’d [ Toronto Sun ] • A ‘public-public-public-public-private’ partnership [ National Post...
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Council approves Union Station revitalization
Today Council approved plans to make the City the head lessee of all current and future retail spaces in Union Station, including spaces in a new lower...
By Jake Schabas -
World Wide Wednesday: ghost bikes, Calatrava in Calgary, and Streets View
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
CITY HALL • Pact ensures City ignores wrongdoing by strikers [ Toronto Star ] • Council back at work, Union Station makeover on agenda [ Toronto...
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Seniors redo Christie Gardens murals
New murals are going up on Christie Street’s retaining walls just north of Dupont. While the sunflowers and pastoral scenes emerging on the newly...
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JOHN LORINC: Piling on, Part II
The tawdry conclusion to the Great Strike of 2009 brought to mind those brawls I recall from middle school. You remember the ones I mean, when the...
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STREET SCENE: How does it know which track to follow?
I often wonder, how does it know? Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered