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Nowtopia
On Thursday at Cinecycle (129 Spadina Ave), I am part of the This Is Not A Reading Series event welcoming Chris Carlsson to Toronto (check out the...
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Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: The Story of an Estate & Its Neighbourhood, and The Guild Inn Gardens
This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): Spadina: The Story...
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Tuesday’s headlines
• 905 lagging in bike safety, advocates say [ Toronto Star ] • Fewer kids died after Ont. adopted bike helmet law [ CBC.ca ] • Number of...
By Monika Warzecha -
P Diddy weighs in on transportation issues
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yh1NHRP3NA[/youtube] It’s unclear if this video is a joke or not, but the AP and CNN seem to be taking it...
By Shawn Micallef -
Monday’s headlines
• New tax on cars, motorbikes rolls out [ Globe and Mail ] • Tax ‘highway robbery’ [ Toronto Sun ] • Small step for the city...
By Monika Warzecha -
Sunday’s headlines
• ‘Unfair tax punishes people who live in Toronto’ [ Toronto Sun ] • Building a safe Regent Park [ Toronto Sun ] • Wary tenants...
By Monika Warzecha -
Michael Prue: Fifth Time’s the Charm
As part of Spacing’s people-themed fall issue, I went for a walk in Regent Park with Beaches-East York MPP Michael Prue. The article, on pages 32...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Saturday’s headlines
PROPANE FIRE • City crews take over Sunrise cleanup [ Toronto Star ] • City takes over Sunrise Propane site [ Globe and Mail ] • City...
By Monika Warzecha -
Pedestrian scramble time-lapse
Spacing teamed up with the highly-regarded photoblogger Sam Javanrouh to create a fun time-lapse of the new Yonge-Dundas pedestrian scramble (see below)...
By Matthew Blackett -
A pedestrian lobster trap
A massive new residential development is taking shape in the railway lands on the west side of Spadina, just north of Lake Shore Boulevard and the...
By Dylan Reid -
Friday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Yonge and Dundas transforms into scramble intersection [ Toronto Star ] • ‘Organized chaos’ marks city’s first...
By Monika Warzecha -
Ready, set, scramble!
The scramble intersection at Yonge and Dundas was activated this morning. Pedestrians were slightly confused early on, but by the time the TV cameras and...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered