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TTC and union come to 3-year agreement
This little piece of news just came screaming across Spacing’s desk: the TTC and union workers have reached a deal, five full months after transit...
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Event Guide: Heritage Toronto Awards on October 27
One of our favorite events each year is the Heritage Toronto Awards. As I mentioned last year, these awards are an important morale booster as sometimes...
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Premier: Do as I say, not as I do
Premier Dalton McGuinty thinks Toronto City Council should freeze taxes as “symbolism†of government taking action in tough economic times...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Babylon: Myth and Truth – the prototype of the big bad city
When I visited Berlin this June, I was excited to have the opportunity to visit an exhibition I had read about called Babylon: Myth and Truth, at the...
By Dylan Reid -
Wednesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Viva stoppage the strike no one noticed [ Toronto Star ] • Councillors reject bid to make TTC essential service [ Toronto Star ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Wall Street Bailout: There’s a bike in that pork
The Wall Street Bailout has, of course, been dominating the news the past week (along with some other minor events). Seeing American politics in action...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: allergic to art
I find the idea of that it’s possible to be allergic to a piece of art inherently funny, but it seems particularly apt at a time when the Prime...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Executive committee rejects proposal to declare TTC an essential service [ National Post ] • TTC strike ban rejected [ Toronto Sun ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Mayor outlines 2009 budget priorities
Mayor David Miller has formally laid out his priorities for the City of Toronto’s 2009 operating and capital budgets in an October 1 letter to...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Your walls can look like a subway platform
Toronto keeps producing interesting homages to our public transit heritage despite the TTC’s total lack of appreciation (or attention)...
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ELECTION 2008: Campaign signs in public spaces
Green Party candidate Ellen Michelson has decided not to put up campaign signs in public spaces throughout her riding of Toronto Centre. “Public space...
By Megan Hall -
Dalian: Heritage and Spectacle in China
Looking towards Friendship Square. The ball is supposedly supposed to resemble a soccer ball, and lights up in LED animations at night. While I was in...
By Sean Marshall
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered