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Building Storeys: George Street’s deteriorating past
295 George Street, 2008, by Olena Sullivan EDITOR’S NOTE: Heritage Toronto’s Gary Miedema will be making a series of posts on structures...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Mayor dreams of a beach for all [ National Post ] • Developers get 2-year freeze on city fees [ Toronto Star ] • ‘We need...
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Sneak peek at Bixi, Montreal’s bike share program
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cross-posted from Spacing Montreal, by Chris Erb – – – – – – – – – –...
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Cost of Spacing on newsstand to rise in 2009
Spacing is gonna cost you a little more in 2009. The magazine announced today that the price of a single copy will rise to $8 — up from $7 —...
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POLL: What should be the name of Toronto’s proposed Downtown Relief Line?
photo by Kevin Steele Last week, Spacing readers (and many Torontonians) became rather excited by the prospect of a downtown relief subway line (DRL)...
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Montreal Monday: Bixi bikes, surreal trees, and a green transit boss
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
• We’re still playing catch-up on public transit [ Toronto Star ] • Public warned about lead pipes [ National Post ] • Board wants to...
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TTC Tales: What’s she wearing?
Enough of my friends have enjoyed this story that I thought Spacing‘s readers might like it too, as a weekend diversion. I was recently on the 504...
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Facebook Friday: Downtown Relief Line (DRL)
The latest news on the resurfacing of the Downtown Relief Line (DRL) subway proposal has kickstarted discussion on the Facebook DRL group. Created and...
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Friday’s Headlines
• City urges `relief’ subway line from Pape to Union [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto’s Pan Am Games bid is all about the suburbs ...
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City Council boards the DRL bandwagon
Map courtesy of C. Livett; adapted and based upon 1980s Network 2011 DRL plan. Yesterday at the meeting of city council, the Yonge North subway extension...
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The gh3 team wins competition for June Callwood Park design
The gh3 design firm, based here in Toronto, has been chosen as the winner of the international design competition for June Callwood Park. Spacing’s...
By Melissa Iwankewycz
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered