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Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Bombardier, TTC will meet to discuss failed streetcar bid [ Toronto Star ] • TTC Chair backs away from Bombardier comments [ Globe and...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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...
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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...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered