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New York – Robert Moses Freeway Express: Queens, BQE, Coney Island (Part III)
BQE to Flushing Meadows We drove an old blue tank of a Volvo on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to Flushing Meadows park in Queens to see the Queens Museum...
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Gallery Guide: I_Wanna_See_You
It’s always interesting to see your city through an outsider’s eyes, and there’s an enjoyable opportunity to do so currently showing at...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s headlines
• Critics blast visits to city hall to sell immigration changes [ Globe and Mail ] • Miller wants shooting ranges shut down [ Toronto Star ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Does Toronto need an Urban Centre?
On Saturday in the Toronto Star’s Ideas section I wrote an article proposing an “Urban Centre” be established here in Toronto...
By Shawn Micallef -
Monday’s headlines
• Social housing gets financial boost [ Toronto Star ] • ‘There’s Mommy, riding a bike’ [ Toronto Star ]
By Monika Warzecha -
Events Guide: Parkdale/High Park activism
There are two events taking place in the Parkdale/High Park area next week about improving walking and cycling access in the west end. Ride the South...
By Dylan Reid -
Sunday’s headlines
• Changes sought after car door death [ Toronto Star ] • Cyclists wheely want lane on Bloor [ Toronto Sun ] • TTC eyes doors at subway...
By Monika Warzecha -
Saturday’s headlines
CITY HALL • City campaign hopes to end defacement of public property [ Toronto Star ] • City immigration policy proposed [ Toronto Star ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Event Guide: Concrete Toronto Music
The good Toronto boosters at the Music Gallery have two special shows inspired by the Concrete Toronto book. On Sunday May 25 & Sunday June 1 Toronto...
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Events Guide: Doors Open Toronto, stuff swap, tree planting, and more
WHAT: Doors Open Toronto WHEN: May 24 and 25 WHERE: Locations across Toronto including BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, the Canada Life building, the City...
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Ben Kerr honour with laneway
The legend of Ben Kerr lives on. Kerr, the perennial mayoral candidate and late great performer from the corner of Yonge and Bloor, is having a laneway...
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Architecture Fetish: Bungalow Cool
Toronto is a city of bungalows. Though we’d fancy ourselves as a city of tall and thin Victorians, tightly packed together on narrow streets...
By Thomas Wicks
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered