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Friday’s Headlines
• City to spend $250k on weather [ National Post ] • Premier rightly targets blowhard NIMBYists [ Toronto Star ] • Power outage leaves...
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Old TTC tickets
With the weather making it feel like spring, I decided to start clearing out some of my clutter. In doing so, I discovered two old TTC tickets in an...
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thinkTORONTO exhibit reception tonight at 401 Richmond
OPENING RECEPTION When: TONIGHT! 7-10pm Where: Urban Space Gallery, 401 Richmond St. W. 1st floor, beside Swipe Books How Much: free (FYI, no booze) RSVP...
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Thursday’s headlines
CITY BUDGET • What has spending bought Toronto? [ National Post ] • A highly trained operator is standing by – please deposit another...
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Paris’ bike rental woes
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afE44cHNkEg[/youtube] The BBC reports that half of the original 15,000 Velib bikes available for rent across the...
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Building Storeys: Long Live the Guild
The Guild Inn, 2008, by Olena Sullivan. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Heritage Toronto’s Gary Miedema final post in his series on at-risk heritage...
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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY BUDGET • City’s balanced budget comes at a price [ Globe & Mail ] • Miller budget hides ‘true’ tax hike, say...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Yonge-Bloor Square?
Once a week I pass through the intersection of Yonge and Bloor. Most people see the Yonge-Bloor intersection as one of the city’s most prominent...
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Crow uses a pedestrian crossing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPHxA8-aaE[/youtube] I found this delightful video about crows adapting to an urban environment and even learning...
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Tuesday’s headlines
• ‘Frustration bubbling’ as city faces 4% tax hike [ National Post ] • Scarborough library site approved by councillors [ Toronto...
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Montreal Monday: smart card facelift, snowplough tragedy, and a windowless wall
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 Todd Harrison -
The Parkdale seal: 1879-1889
The 1998 creation of the “megacity”, a merger of all of metro Toronto’s cities and boroughs, was the last in a long line of annexations...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered