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Monday’s headlines
• New tax on cars, motorbikes rolls out [ Globe and Mail ] • Tax ‘highway robbery’ [ Toronto Sun ] • Small step for the city...
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Sunday’s headlines
• ‘Unfair tax punishes people who live in Toronto’ [ Toronto Sun ] • Building a safe Regent Park [ Toronto Sun ] • Wary tenants...
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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...
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Saturday’s headlines
PROPANE FIRE • City crews take over Sunrise cleanup [ Toronto Star ] • City takes over Sunrise Propane site [ Globe and Mail ] • City...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Personal Construction
A personal construction zone at Wellington and Bay.
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Thursday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Metropass users will lose free parking [ Toronto Star ] • TTC scraps free parking [ Toronto Sun ] • TTC streetcar search at...
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Spacing summer-fall release party Sept. 9th
WHAT: Summer-Fall 2008 release party WHEN: Tuesday, September 9th, 8pm-12:30am WHERE: Canadian Corps, 201 Niagara St., south of King, west of Bathurst HOW...
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One giant diagonal step for pedestrians
Starting on Thursday, pedestrians will be able to cross the intersection of Yonge and Dundas diagonally, without worrying about cars. The City is ready to...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered