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TTC brings out its heritage PCC streetcars Sunday
Heads up to all you streetcar fans out there: Starting this Sunday (May 11), the TTC will operate one or both of its two remaining PCC streetcars on the...
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Events Guide: Unbuilt Toronto opening
 What: Unbuilt Toronto: The city that could have been When: May 9, 6 – 8 pm Where: Urbanscape Architectural Gallery, 2959 Dundas Street West Â...
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Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: St. Clair West and the Wellington Place Neighbourhood
St. Clair West: Streetcars, Artists’ Colonies and More — SATURDAY, MAY 9 @ 1:30 PM In the late 1800s, artist Marmaduke Matthews started an...
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Katyn Monument
 “Katyn Monument” by artist Tadeusz Janowski is located on the west side of town where King Street West becomes Roncesvalles Ave and Queen...
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Event Guide: Danish urbanist Jan Gehl coming to Toronto
Danish architect Jan Gehl is one of the world’s foremost experts on transforming public spaces and creating walking-friendly environments. He led...
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Thursday’s headlines
WAGE FREEZE • Wage freeze or burn [ NOW ] • For the war, but against the troops [ EYE Weekly ] GREEN ROOFS • Green roof proposal faces...
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Hot Docs: Waterlife
The Great Lakes have about 17 000 km of shorelines, and Toronto is lucky enough to sit on part of it, surrounded by the largest fresh water deposits in...
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Hot Docs: Those Who Remain
Watching Those Who Remain, a doc about the Mexican families who lose loved ones to American immigration, I kept thinking about a Mike Davis book called...
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Hot Docs: Diary of a Times Square Thief
Like a strange peering glance through a keyhole into a world of rooms rented by the week in New York City of the eighties, Diary of a Times Square Thief...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• Driving downtown could get uglier [ National Post ] • A house key makes history [ Toronto Star ] • The posturing in Toronto’s phony...
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Event Guide: John M. Lyle book launches Thursday
A new book a long time in the making on Architect John M. Lyle is launching this Thursday at the Eric Arthur Gallery. Published by our friends over at...
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Reykjavik’s continental divide on cars & bikes
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Like most countries who suffered through the oil crises of the 1970s, Iceland has taken big steps to alleviate it’s...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered