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Friday’s headlines
• Bike dealer to hear today if he gets bail [ Globe and Mail ] • Sculpture found among bikes [ Toronto Star ] • Sculpture of centaur found...
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Calgary’s scrambling too!
Cross-posted from Spacing Montreal CALGARY — I’m in Calgary at the moment, en route to Hong Kong, where I will be doing a master’s...
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Berlin: Ampelmann
I recently went on a trip to Paris and Berlin, and I’m going to post a few impressions and photos over the coming weeks. One of the first things...
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Thursday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Bicycle saga turning into drug probe [ Toronto Star ] • Bail hearing for man charged in bike thefts [ Globe and Mail ] • Bike...
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Dale Duncan goes to City Hall
Dale Duncan, Spacing’s Executive Editor, is moving on from the magazine. Dale has accepted a job as a constituency assistant in the office of...
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Why Toronto’s street-side trees are dying, part CXVIII
Five street trees in planter boxes at Yonge and Finch, August 2007 Last summer I wrote a post about a sad patch of street trees near the southwest corner...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• Three kilos of dope found in bike raids [ Toronto Star ] • Reports of bicycle thefts in the west end drop after arrest [ Globe and Mail ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Neighbourhoods of Canada, unite!
Cross-posted from Spacing Montreal Not too long ago I picked up a copy of an interesting little zine, Savfaire, from the counter of a Mile End boutique...
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Event Guide: Heritage Complex
WHAT: Heritage Complex, an exhibition featuring architecturally based installation and multimedia work WHEN: Opened on June 26, running until September 7...
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Old Markham and Heritage Estates
After visiting the “Downtown Markham” site last Saturday, I went on to the old village of Markham. What’s interesting is the lack of...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Hoy bows out, Pennachetti named to top job [ Globe and Mail ] • City manager to step down [ CBC.ca ] • Opposition once called...
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“Downtown” Markham
Last Saturday, I explored the latest in the “instant downtowns” that now encircle Toronto, wedged in between Highways 7 and 407, Warden and...
By Sean Marshall
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered