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Event Guide: Opening tonight: Building on History at Harbourfront
WHAT: Building on History WHERE: Harbourfront Centre WHEN: Jan 23 – June 14, 2009 OPENING: Tonight: Friday Fri Jan 23, 6-10PM The map above is a...
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Take note Toronto: Amsterdam Central Library
Editor’s Note: Fred Sztabinski is a Spacing contributor and former project coordinator of TCAT who recently relocated to Amsterdam, Netherlands. He...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Councillors face salary freeze [ Toronto Star ] • Home Depot pays $11.5M to kill Queen West store [ National Post ] • Observatory owners...
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Twitter, Toronto, the TTC, & Me (and you)
The first topic in my rebooted biweekly column at Eye Weekly is about Twittering in Toronto. I’ve written a few times about Twitter here, mostly...
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Home Depot pulls out of Queen-Bathurst development
Spacing reader Darwin O’Connor pointed us towards a developing story on development: Home Depot has pulled out of the Queen-Portland construction...
By Matthew Blackett -
Ban smoking at sports fields, too
Toronto’s Board of Health and Parks and Environment Committee are recommending [PDF] City Council ban smoking within nine meters of Toronto...
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Event Guide: Examined Life at the Royal
WHAT: Toronto premiere of the film Examined Life WHEN: January 23-29, various times (details here) WHERE: Royal Cinema (608 College St. West) If you were...
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Stories of a sandstone giant at Old City Hall
Workers replacing Old City Hall’s roof pose by a gargoyle overlooking Terauly St (now Bay), 1920. In the 1890’s, long trains loaded down with...
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Thursday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Province commits to Union Station, Pearson rail link [ National Post ] • TTC approves Yonge line extension [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Help uncover Toronto’s hidden gems
As many of you already know, Spacing runs a regular feature in our magazine called “Hidden Gems.” The articles in each issue usually focuses...
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City staff discuss the placement of new transit shelters
In October, I wrote a post about how, on narrow sidewalks, the new transit shelters being installed by the city as part of the new street furniture...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• Bluffs residents query turbine plan [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto raises a drink for Obama inaugural [ National Post ] • Board hears pleas...
By Chloe Ellingson