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Monday’s headlines
• Good governance essential for regional transit [ Toronto Star ] • More bikes recovered [ Toronto Sun ] • Panel’s fiscal report sees...
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The Bicycle Thief
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVV3xmIYjUI[/youtube] In light of the recent coverage of bike thefts such as police bike baiting on Spadina and...
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Sunday’s headlines
• Police line up battered wheels for cyclists [ Toronto Star ] • Uneasy riders [ Toronto Sun ] • Wheels of good fortune pay off [ Toronto...
By Monika Warzecha -
Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Bombardier, TTC will meet to discuss failed streetcar bid [ Toronto Star ] • TTC Chair backs away from Bombardier comments [ Globe and...
By Monika Warzecha -
Events Guide: jazz festival, art show, urban design exhibition, and more…
WHAT: Beaches International Jazz Festival WHEN: July 18 – 27 WHERE: Queen Street E. from Woodbine Ave. to Beech Ave Join the jazz enthusiasts...
By Patricia Simoes -
Full moon bike ride tonight
WHAT: Toronto Cyclists Union Full Moon Ride WHERE: meet at the southeast corner of Warden and St. Clair (Warden Subway Station) WHEN: meet at 9:15 p.m....
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Friday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Streetcar plan derailed as TTC bidders fall short [ Toronto Star ] • TTC reopens contract after derailing Bombardier’s bid ...
By Monika Warzecha -
BREAKING NEWS: TTC suspends streetcar purchases; bids non-compliant
A Siemens rendering from 2007 of a possible new TTC streetcar This rather interesting tidbit of TTC news just arrived in Spacing’s inbox: The...
By Matthew Blackett -
Highway lessons from Shanghai?
View from pedestrian bridge under Shanghai elevated highway, but above Lake Shore Blvd.-style road The recent decision by city council to begin the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Thursday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Gardiner plan offers raze of hope [ Toronto Star ] • Road tolls, fees ‘on the menu’ [ Toronto Star ] • T.O. parked in...
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TONIGHT: [murmur]’s 5th Birthday
WHAT: [murmur]’s 5th Birthday WHERE: Canada Corps, 201 Niagara Street WHEN: Thursday, July 17th 7:30PM-12AM COST: Free (and drinks priced like...
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The Glass Factory
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – In early March, I discovered a missing board on the hoarding surrounding an abandoned glass factory in my neighbourhood in...
By Joseph Clement
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered