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Montreal Monday: Stevie Wonder, Lobster Restaurants and Polidori Photo Exhibit
• Alanah Heffez takes us among the 200,000 Montrealers who witnessed Stevie Wonder at the Quartier des Spectacles last week. ‘Packing our...
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JOHN LORINC: Throwing out the numbers
Here’s a loaded question: Is the strike costing the City of Toronto money, or is it generating a financial windfall for the Corporation? City...
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Monday’s Headlines
• TTC able to make changes for riders [ Metro ] • Dump closing leaves a bad taste [ Toronto Star ] • Streetcar city [ Toronto Sun ] &bull...
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Help Spacing locate new suburban developments
Spacing is working hard on the summer-fall 2009 issue but we need a little help from our readers (again). Our editors are trying to locate semi-finished...
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STREET SCENE: Bathurst and Dundas
Red Rocket coming Red Rocket going. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Critiquing the creative class
Just as Richard Florida finally thought he was comfortably settled in Toronto, the city which embraced him with open arms upon his arrival has become...
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South East Scarborough Pow Wow
“From the rez to the city, my people are you with me? You’re tuned in to the chief of the concrete city,†rapped hip-hop artist Wabs Whitebird...
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Friday’s Headlines
STRIKE • Will strike save City money? [ Toronto Star ] • Christie Pits group says it won’t back down on pesticide spraying at temporary...
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Throwback Thursday: Planning for the Future – The Bloor Street Viaduct
To escape the long shadow cast by Canada Day, this edition of Throwback Thursday jumps to July 3rd (tomorrow), when in 1965 the first subway train crossed...
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STREET SCENE: Dundas and Ossington
Cyclists convene at the Lakeview for Breakfast while the TTC puts some color on the road. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations...
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Thursday’s headlines
STRIKE • Councillors and their raise… [ Toronto Star ] • Strike stink can’t spoil the party [ Toronto Star ] • Dump sight [ NOW...
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World Wide Wednesday: Subway crash, street protests, fallen apartment building 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...
By Jake Schabas
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered