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Thursday’s headlines
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING • Cities call for funding of projects [ Toronto Star ] • Battle brews over ‘shovel ready’ projects [ Globe...
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Trash bins on subway platforms
What’s wrong with this photo? I took the above photo on Spadina’s subway platform back in early December with the hope of making a post about...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• Transit, water set for funding fast track [ Toronto Star ] • Light rail good fit for Finch Avenue [ National Post ] • Stubborn puddle a...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Torontoist pun hunt
The Spacing Department of Funny Signs has to give a shout-out to Torontoist’s Great Pun Hunt – a painstakingly researched collection of the...
By Dylan Reid -
Gift Guide: T-shirts from the 416, 514 and 604
As some of you have read in our current issue, we have a new feature called Public Goods where we feature Toronto- and urban-inspired products. A few...
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1992 Yonge Street Riot
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZtRw9II2s[/youtube] I came across this interesting find on YouTube recently — it’s an extended clip...
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Events Guide: Walk & Bike For Life comes to Parkdale
WHAT: Walk & Bike For Life workshop WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, 5:30pm to 8:30pm WHERE: High Park Public Library, 228 Roncesvalles Avenue On...
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Tuesday’s headlines
TRANSPORTATION • Tracking light rail vision [ National Post ] • Transit City: The TTC’s audacity of hope [ National Post ] • Cities...
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TTC to announce e-alert service Wednesday
After eight years, it seems the TTC is finally entering the 21st century. On Wednesday, the transit authority will announce the launch of an email alert...
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Montreal Monday: winter fun ban, montage meltdown, and GeoMontreal mapping
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
• Long-term value, not make-work [ Globe & Mail ] • ‘Actions’ anthology a handbook for urban revolutionaries [ Toronto Star ...
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Toronto’s sewers: love them or … ignore them.
Toronto’s sewers have been in the news lately with the discovery of a crack in a massive trunk pipe buried underneath the Don Valley. Should we...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered