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Friday’s Headlines
CITY HALL • Miller to thwart daycare limits [Toronto Star] • Should long-term residents be allowed to vote? [Toronto Star] • Miller warns...
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Events Guide: Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend – Riverdale Homes and People and A Symphony of Clay, Stone, Metal and Glass;
Riverdale Homes and People – SATURDAY, JUNE 13 @ 1:30 PM Explore an old and historically significant neighbourhood and hear stories about life east...
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Throwback Thursday: A city within one city block – The Royal York
Every Thursday, Spacing will bring you a snapshot of Toronto’s past, looking into what took place that day in the city’s history. Throwback...
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All aboard the Committee of Adjustment
The City of Toronto Committee of Adjustment is one of those obscure appointed boards that actually has a big impact on the city. It decides whether...
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Thursday’s Headlines
CITY HALL • Baird bungle bodes well for Miller [Toronto Star] • Should non-citizens have right to vote in municipal elections?: yes [Toronto...
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World Wide Wednesday: Lessons from Seoul’s river expressway
Last week, with the Jarvis Street lane reduction still front and centre, we looked at the big strides New York is taking in increasing its bicycling...
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Metrolinx’s Strachan bridge update
Click on image to see a larger version or view on Flickr As we mentioned in a post on May 26, Metrolinx has backed down on their plan to turn Strachan...
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Wednesday’s Headlines
TRANSIT • Baird to Toronto: sorry [Toronto Star] • Those f—ing Tories [Toronto Star] • High stakes in streetcar game [Toronto Star...
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John Lorinc examines Jan Gehl’s one stone-five birds strategy
With a winking apology to the ornithology set, the renowned Danish architect Jan Gehl last week laid out his “one stone-five birds†strategy for a...
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This statue stands outside the Kelly Library at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. It was unveiled on June 6th 1973 and was made of...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
SUBURBS • Mississauga gets off the bus [Toronto Star] • Bradford development proposal moves ahead [Toronto Star] • A question of sprawl...
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Events Guide: Luminato OpenCity projects
WHAT: Luminato’s OpenCity Icebreakers Projects WHEN: June 10 – June 20, 2009 WHERE: XSPACE Cultural Centre, 58 Ossington Avenue, Toronto HOW...
By Jake Schabas
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered