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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...
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...
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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...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered