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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...
By Sean Marshall -
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...
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Montréal Monday: Tree stump garden, Montréal in the 1950s and 1960s, and the Gazette wants Montréalers’ transit complaints
Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and...
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City Manager resigns
Updated (3:55PM) At a media conference held over the lunch hour, Mayor David Miller announced that Shirley Hoy, the City of Toronto’s City Manager...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered