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1914 – 1918 Vigil at Nathan Phillips Square
When we think of World War I memorials we usually imagine stone or granite statues or traditional war memorials, not new media and technology. That has...
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Thursday’s headlines
• Waste plan pits city against industry [ Toronto Star ] • ‘Massive’ fight expected over waste proposals [ Globe and Mail ] &bull...
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Event Guide: World Town Planning Day
There’s a World Town Planning Day! Who knew? I didn’t, although perhaps some of our readers had heard of it. And it’s happening this...
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TTC subway map update: Back from the drawing board
The May 2008 version of the subway map. A brief update of an article first posted here in June: New subway maps dated September 2008 have just been...
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Events Guide: Dennis Brack lecture, Gentleman Reg, Inspired Lives
WHAT: Ryerson Kodak Lecture Series: Dennis Brack WHEN: November 7, 7:30 pm WHERE: Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Lecture Theatre...
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Bike Share Programs: community or commercial?
As Toronto contemplates introducing a large-scale bike-sharing program, a key decision it will have to make is whether the municipality (or a related...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• Industry calls on city to scrap new waste plan [ Globe and Mail ] • City’s pro-recycling packaging plan creates a tempest in a coffee...
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Welcome Back America — bring your iPhones, transistor radios and maybe a boom box
Love them or hate them, Yonge-Dundas Square is surrounded by giant TV screens. Though we have debated the pros and cons of their existence (mostly con...
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Welcome Back America Tonight
If the event below appeals to you, go to the Facebook event page and join, and then invite all your people to join — especially if they’re in...
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Unbuilt Toronto launch tonight
We had a lot of fun putting together our Spring 2005 issue called “The History of Our Future:” all about grand plans that didn’t make it...
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Montreal’s sidewalk features
When we launched our Spacing Montreal blog in September 2007, our venue was on Saint Laurent and the street was going through a major streetscape...
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Monday’s Headlines
• Grey garbage bin system starts this week [Toronto Star] • Garbage myths we hold dear [Toronto Star] • Rejected green bin frustrates...
By Megan Hall
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered