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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...
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Friday’s headines
• Toronto’s immaturity bound up in the power of unelected OMB [ Toronto Star ] • Land dispute boils down to jobs [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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New York City is the place where . . . (Part II)
Columbus Circle I walked up and down Manhattan (between 70thish and Soho) six or seven times, using different streets, sometimes repeating the same area...
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Spacing call for volunteers!
Spacing is looking for a few good men and women to help us at events. If you’ve wanted to get involved in the magazine, but weren’t sure how...
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Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: Toronto-Dominion Centre Penthouse View and Tour
Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25 — 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Doors Open Toronto Toronto-Dominion Centre Penthouse View and Tour Join Heritage Toronto...
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New York City is the place where . . . (Part I)
Five days in New York City after a four year absence is like an urban elixir full of steroids that make hours and miles of exploration seem...
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Thursday’s headlines
CITY HALL • City proposes strategy for climate change [ Toronto Star ] • Time for a credit check at City Hall. Miller’s office defends his...
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Old Golf Course Park?
A new public park is planned as part of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s residential development that will soon rise on the land...
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Perceptions of the metropolis
I recently read an article by the English historian Paul Slack about perceptions of London, England in the seventeenth century. During this century, the...
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Wednesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Cyclists’ union ‘strong voice’ for bike riders [ Toronto Star ] • Mayor hails Toronto Cyclists Union [ National Post...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered