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Spacing teams up with Bunch Family Salon
When: Sunday, March 29 2009, 2-5 PM Where: OCAD, 100 McCaul Street Admission: $15 for grown-ups, $12 for kids. Free for kids under 2. Web...
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Walking maps for Toronto
At the Toronto Pedestrian Committee meeting yesterday, we learned about the new version of the Toronto Parks and Trails map, which has just been released...
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Tuesday’s headlines
HOMELESS STUDY • Homeless survey ‘decoys’ get $100 each [ Globe & Mail ] • Using fake homeless people improves survey: city ...
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thinkTORONTO goes to Harbourfront!
When: Thursday March 26, 2009 Where: Harbourfront Centre 7pm Admission: $5 RSVP on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/thinktoronto thinkToronto winners Mike...
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Montreal Monday: Bonaventure redevelopment, trolley bus misstep, mayor expectations
Photo by Fred Mahieu Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for...
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Monday’s headlines
• Red tape holding up city’s green plans [ Toronto Star ] • Neighbours heated over Hydro ruins [ Toronto Star ] • Talking to unions...
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Toronto’s fictional insecurity
My psychogeography column in Eye Weekly this week explores the strange civic fiction that maintains Toronto has an insecurity complex. I admit my position...
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Monument to Multiculturalism
Often referred to as “Symbol of Multiculturalism”, “Monument to Multiculturalism” by Francesco Perilli, is located in front of...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Six Things You Should Know About: Councillors’ expenses [ National Post ] • City overlooking cost of recycling, restaurateurs say ...
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Toronto’s Twin Italianate Villas
Toronto of the 1870’s was a booming Victorian city nearing a population of 80,000, alive with the smells of mud, livestock, and industry. The recent...
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Thursday’s headlines
• Street cart vendors grilled on food safety [ Toronto Star ] • ‘Difficult’ labour talks intensify [ National Post ] &bull...
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Toronto’s Grand Trunk Railway — our 1856 link to Pearson airport
EDITORS NOTE: This essay on the Grand Trunk Railway first appeared in the Toronto Star’s Insight section on March 1. It is reprinted here with...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered