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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...
By Melissa Iwankewycz -
Monday’s headlines
• Long-term value, not make-work [ Globe & Mail ] • ‘Actions’ anthology a handbook for urban revolutionaries [ Toronto Star ...
By Chloe Ellingson -
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 -
New Toronto Public Realm Office off and running
Last year, the City of Toronto decided to set up a “Public Realm Office” that would be a one-stop shop in charge of managing the city’s...
By Dylan Reid -
Friday’s Headlines
TRANSPORTATION • Sheppard LRT line a work in progress [ National Post ] • Solar car a cash drain [ Toronto Star ] • Forget the talking...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Thursday’s headlines
• City plan at crossroads [ National Post ] • Proposal for prime site spurs controversy [ Toronto Star ] • Post-fire fence shuts...
By Chloe Ellingson -
thinkTORONTO goes to City Hall
WHAT: thinkTORONTO winners exhibit WHEN: Monday, January 12 to Sunday, January 18, 2009 WHERE: Toronto City Hall Rotunda (main floor), 99 Queen St. W...
By Spacing -
New Deal for North American cities?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–vlT1iGF0g[/youtube] There has been much chatter around the continent — especially as the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Wednesday’s headlines
• Councillor calls for parking pad pause [ National Post ] • Will subway expansion be good for you? [ Toronto Star ] • Urgent sewer...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Assorted transportation articles: transit drunk tent, Japan demotorizing, dangerous Indian roads, pedlock, dangerous sidewalks, and talking CCTV
I’ve been doing a New Year’s file clearing, and I came across various articles that I had set aside because I thought they might be of...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s headlines
SUBWAY EXTENSION • City’s Demands Push Price Of Subway To $5B [ National Post ] • Toronto council executive backs subway extension [ Globe...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Eating in Toronto 1830-1955 exhibit at Reference Library
Stuffed from the holidays? Never want to eat chocolate and brie again? Got the “muffin-top begone” mentality? Great! Then it’s the right...
By Leah Sandals
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered