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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...
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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...
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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...
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Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: The Goulding Estate, and In the Footsteps of the Taylors
This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): The Goulding Estate...
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Toronto from a San Franciscan’s perspective
Toronto writer Robert Fulford has called Toronto “San Francisco upside down” as our ravines echo that city’s famous hills. Connections...
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Fringe Benefits continued: How should “Avenues” develop?
The way the new exhibition Fringe Benefits (reviewed earlier) presented the dynamics of ethnic communities in the suburbs helped to crystallize some...
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Wednesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • City okays Gardiner plan [ Toronto Star ] • Plan to raze Gardiner edges ahead [ Globe and Mail ] • Council votes to launch...
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This Ain’t the St. Lawrence Market
In 1988, Toronto City Council wanted to rescue a Queen West heritage site by making it into a destination market, similar to the St. Lawrence Market...
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BEIJING: more public exercise equipment
Spacing Montreal contributor Cedric Sam recently made an excellent post about other examples of public exercise equipment in Beijing. Originally posted...
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“The street is an extension of your living room” Rethinking city streets at Streets are for Picnics
If streets weren’t lined with cars, what would you use them for? This is the question Streets are for People has brought to the fore with public...
By Chloe Ellingson
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered