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Tuesday’s headlines
• Miller naysayers get chance to ‘put up or shut up’ [ Globe & Mail ] • Green space is his game [ Toronto Star ] • Safety...
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Montreal Monday: Pointe-St-Charles development and Griffintown graffiti
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
• Clarington councillors gag outspoken resident [ Toronto Star ] • Subway barriers a long way off for TTC [ Toronto Star ] • A holey war is...
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Improv Everywhere give 2,000 high-fives on NYC subway
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abt8aAB-Dr0[/youtube] Improv Everywhere, the performance art group that cause “scenes of chaos and joy in...
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Two pushed onto tracks at Dufferin
The Toronto Star is reporting that two people have been pushed onto the tracks at Dufferin station around 4:50pm. The subway re-opened shortly after 6...
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Photos from thinkTORONTO exhibit at 401 Richmond
Toronto Cyclists’ Union newly hired Executive Director Yvonne Bambrick (congrats Yvonne!) captured a handful of photos of the thinkTORONTO...
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Illegal billboards and the Ontario Superior Court
One of the galvanizing issues that helped start Spacing was the incremental intrusion of billboards and advertising into the public realm (what we call...
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Mississauga has a skyline!
Don’t be alarmed but Mississauga has developed a skyline! (I took this photo from my west-facing balcony this morning). What’s great is that...
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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...
By Chloe Ellingson
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered