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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...
By Sean Marshall -
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...
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POLL: Will Igor bust result in fewer stolen bikes?
As Spacing’s Dylan Reid wrote the other day, the bust of Igor’s bike shop has sent a sigh of relief through the cycling community. One of the...
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Monday’s headlines
• Ad-hockery, bureaucracy and chaos clog the road to transit funding [ Globe and Mail ] • Improve city through proper procurement [ National...
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Sunday’s headlines
• Mystery of The Queensway poetry [ Toronto Star ] • Moving on out – to 905 [ Toronto Sun ] • Wise words from Hazel [ Toronto Sun ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • TTC busway a better way to York U [ Toronto Star ] • York U. busway breaks ground [ Toronto Sun ] • First come the buses, then...
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ROM quietly raises admission prices… again
I was at the Royal Ontario Museum earlier today for a media view and was shocked to see that the admission price has quietly risen 10% or more across the...
By Leah Sandals
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered