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High rise apartments and Transit City
Map 1: Black dots represent Toronto’s modern apartments with existing rapid transit (click on map for larger version) Map 2: Clusters of...
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Book Review: Urban Nation, by Alan Broadbent
Alan Broadbent is a businessman and philanthropist who has played an important behind-the-scenes role over the last 15 years in generating a...
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Jane’s Walk Guide: Queen Street End to End
The second annual Jane’s Walk will be held on May 3 and 4. In anticipation of the event, Spacing will be highlighting some of the unique walks...
By Patricia Simoes -
Friday’s headlines
• Cast a vote for Pug beautifuls [ Toronto Star ] • How the Pug Awards saved Toronto [ National Post ] • A theory that holds up [ Toronto...
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Sun rises to own defense
More than a month after Councillor Howard Moscoe went to City Council with a motion accusing the Toronto Sun of being a deadbeat tenant, columnist Sue-Ann...
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Events Guide: Jane’s Walk, tree plantings, and more
WHAT: Taylor Creek Park Tree Planting WHEN: May 4, 10 am — 12 pm WHERE: Meet at the Haldon Ave. Parking lot Join Friends of the Don East (FODE) as...
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Benchmarking cycling in Toronto
The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation has released a brief report benchmarking the City of Toronto’s cycling programs against other cities...
By Dylan Reid -
Thursday’s headlines
TTC • TTC offers refunds after strike [ Globe and Mail ] • $2M TTC apology [ Toronto Sun ] • TTC offers refunds to riders for two-day...
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Press gallery rent upped
Media outlets that occupy space in the city hall press gallery are going to have their rent increased but still won’t be paying full market value...
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Jane’s Walk Guide: The Inner Suburbs
The second annual Jane’s Walk will be held on May 3 and 4. In anticipation of the event, Spacing will be highlighting some of the unique walks...
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Vespa Ads Not Cool
We are constantly bombarded by ads. On buses, garbage bins, TTC shelters and in the sky line they are hard to escape. But after a while of living in the...
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Wednesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • City council sidesteps TTC debate [ Toronto Star ] • All on the table, TTC chair says [ Globe and Mail ] • Agreement at City...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered