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Wanted: Your Best Stories About the Don Valley Brick Works
The Don Valley Brick Works has inspired a century of city building in Toronto, employed hundreds of Torontonians and has provided the materials for...
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World Wide Wednesday: Bus rapid transit, public dancing, Los Angeles and more
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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Poster pocket plants revisited
Last week we posted briefly on the new poster pocket plants at Queen St. West and Spadina Ave. We recently got in touch with the creators of the project...
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Walking Woman
I just got back from a trip to Europe, where I saw the first example I’ve seen of a walking-woman signal, in the Dutch town of Haarlem (I’ve...
By Dylan Reid -
Wednesday’s Headlines
STRIKE • Premier pleased with progress in Toronto strike talks [ Globe & Mail ] • Sick days still a sticking point [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Fiery photography from up high
Occasionally on this blog, I’ve talked with pride of my 24th-floor balcony view in the deep south of Parkdale. Mostly I brag about watching storms...
By Matthew Blackett -
Cities for People — Main Square
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 was...
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STREET SCENE: Cube Lofts Under Construction
Cube Lofts Under Construction with scaffolding makes an attractive backdrop to the Red Rocket moving west in College St. traffic. Street Scene will appear...
By Jerry Waese -
Watch the Fourth Plinth
A couple of months ago I wrote about the upcoming “One and Other” project for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, England. The...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s Headlines
STRIKE • Union awaits reply to counteroffer [ Toronto Star ] • Moss gathers protesters [ Toronto Sun ] • Toronto on strike: This is all...
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JOHN LORINC: The strike and the politics of public health
With the provincial Liberals unwilling to legislate back the municipal employees, and with David Miller promoting a new offer while refusing to ask for...
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Montreal Monday: Habitat surfing, book stores and an old canning shop
Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montreal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that...
By Jake Schabas
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered