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Brampton’s Urban Frontier: Countryside Drive
In my hometown of Brampton, suburban development has continued to erode the old country landscape that even up to about 20 years ago, made up most of the...
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Friday’s Headlines
STREETS • Drive up 400 could get worse [Toronto Star] • On Lawrence Avenue East, a tasty little piece of Lebanon [National Post] • Toronto...
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Torontonians Mostly Content With City Hall, Poll Says
If you’re hoping Mayor David Miller will lose the 2010 mayoral election, polling firm Environics has bad news for you. Torontonians are mostly...
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Events Guide: Green Building Boot Camp
WHAT: Sustainable Buildings Summer Camp 2009 WHEN: July 22-24, 2009, Deadline for sign-up June 26, 2009 WHERE: Earth Rangers Centre (Kortright Centre in...
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SPACING: looking for photo and multimedia interns
Spacing is on the search for two interns (or maybe more) for the summer and, if things work out well, maybe into the fall and winter. PHOTO INTERN Spacing...
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Throwback Thursday: From private to public transportation
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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Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: The Howards of High Park and the Danforth
The Howards of High Park – SATURDAY, JUNE 6 @ 1:30 PM Mystery, myths and the mistress! Explore the lives of John Howard, one of the first architects...
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Thursday’s Headlines
TRANSIT • TTC launches card with hologram [Toronto Star] • Cops make TTC ‘safer’ [Toronto Sun] • TTC looks for passing grade...
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What a waterfront could be
MALMO – On a recent trip to Denmark, I crossed the bridge from Copenhagen and spent a few hours in Malmo, Sweden. This small city of 270,000 is...
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World Wide Wednesday: NYC for bikes and pedestrians
This week we thought it might be fun to look a little into another city supposedly fighting a “war on the car.” Many of our previous posts...
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Wednesday’s Headlines
GARDINER EXPRESSWAY • Gardiner: Ugly or essential? [Toronto Star] • Impact of proposal to tear down part of Gardiner to be studied [Globe &...
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Toronto conference on transforming and revitalizing downtowns
This morning, the Transforming and Revitalizing Downtown Summit kicked off at the Renaissance hotel in the Rogers Centre, a conference featuring many...
By Jake Schabas
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered