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TTC streetcars goes GPS
Early this morning, Jerrold Litwinenko over at BlogTO broke the lid off of the TTC’s streetcar GPS tracker (in beta still) for mobile devices. He...
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Swiss Carnival in Toronto
Carnival or Mardi Gras celebrations — the big party before the 40 days of fasting leading up to Easter in the Catholic Christian tradition —...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s headlines
• Council scraps coffee-cup waste study [ Toronto Star ] • Traffic cop one of city’s best paid [ Toronto Star ] • Hiring 1,300 will...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Spacing Radio 002: What does a new provincial NDP leader mean for cities?
Spacing Radio headed to Hamilton last week for the Ontario NDP leadership convention to find out if a new leader will have any affect on how politicians...
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Montreal Monday: Sunken train, Chinatown developing, first budding bush
Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions...
By Melissa Iwankewycz -
Monday’s headlines
• Build it, they won’t come [ Globe & Mail ] • City Hall plans hiring binge [ Toronto Star ] • Spring fever sparks rise in...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Church Parking variation
Here’s a more elaborate variation on the “Thou Shalt Not Park” sign on a church parking lot — this one specifies that, in addition...
By Dylan Reid -
Fans of Toronto Public Library Unite!
Toronto Public Library branches are frequented by a million patrons each year, over 70% of Torontonians have a library card and TPL’s 80 per...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Sidewalk enforcement
Here’s a rare but welcome sight — a vehicle parked on the sidewalk being ticketed. Too often, parking half on the sidewalk is treated as...
By Dylan Reid -
ASK A PLANNER: Big Box and Leslieville
Spacing introduces a new and sporadic column called Ask A Planner. We’ll ask some of our sources to translate policy and bureaucrat-speak and give...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Majora Carter made her waterfront sparkle [ Toronto Star ] • TTC bidder gets $12.8M in provincial funding [ Toronto Star ] • New...
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Civic Scenery, Civic Statuary
EDITOR’S NOTE: Shaun Merritt begins a new column on public art in Toronto, looking at what we have, where it is, and some of the stories behind it...
By Shaun Merritt
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered