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Fort York Visitor Centre Competition opens
New things are afoot at Fort York. It sounds a bit strange to say that, but one of the oldest — that is, officially “historic” —...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• Toronto approves plan for beaches [ National Post ] • City seeks to review OMB ruling on Beach project [ Toronto Star ] • Beach dogs get...
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Keep tabs on City Council through Twitter and #tocouncil
Toronto City Council is in session today and you can watch the fireworks streamed live on Rogers website. If you don’t want to watch alone, and are...
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Tuesday’s headlines
• At Toronto City Hall, some uncommon common ground [ National Post ] • Games bid clears hurdle [ Toronto Star ] • Budget...
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How do Torontonians behave on transit?
Last week, Spacing contributing editor Christopher DeWolf, who is now stationed in Hong Kong, asked readers of Spacing Montreal their thoughts on how...
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Montreal Monday: Forgetting face mask ban, failing Saint-Raymond, and rude transit riders
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...
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Monday’s headlines
• Beach ban makes dog owners howling mad [ Globe & Mail ] • City steps smartly to fix sidewalk hole [ Toronto Star ] • Subway barriers...
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Toronto’s new-old is the new beautiful
My psychogeography column in the current edition of Eye Weekly looks at how Toronto’s combination of new and old buildings in close proximity to...
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Looking forward to Toronto the Good 2009
This coming May will mark our fifth installment of the Toronto The Good party. Back in 2005, Spacing teamed up with ERA Architects and murmur to produce...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Merit pay on mayor’s chopping block [ Toronto Star ] • Letter from Riverdale: Trouble with the water [ National Post ] • Expect...
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Museum Access Program Expands… But More for Some than for Others
This morning, Mayor Miller and City Librarian Jane Pyper announced an expansion of the Museum & Arts Pass program. Initially kicked off 18 months ago...
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Influential councillor outlines new electoral reform agenda
Last night I did an interview with Councillor Shelley Carroll for the next issue of Spacing. But Carroll is one of the great gabbers at City Hall so once...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered