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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • City to hire watchdog to stand up for citizens [ Toronto Star ] • Top official leaving city after 2 years [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Let Montrealers know about Spacing Montreal
It’s an annual spring ritual in Montreal: the alt-weekly Mirror’s Best of Montreal poll is open once again. Since we launched Spacing Montreal...
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Boorish Vikings bore Toronto
This tool-mobile has been rolling around Toronto for the last few weeks, but I was finally able to get a shot of it by the Toronto Reference Library...
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Psst! Get an advance copy of the new issue tonight
For those of you sitting on the fence trying to figure out whether you want to come to Spacing’s Gardiner Expressway event tonight, maybe this bit...
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Mexico’s Messy Urbanism
Mexico City is a huge megalopolis of 20 million people, all crowded into a plateau surrounded by volcanic mountains. In many ways, Mexico has the same...
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TONIGHT: What to do with the Gardiner?
WHAT TO DO WITH THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY a panel discussion presented by Spacing and Harbourfront’s Viewpoints WHEN: Tonight!!! WHERE: Brigantine...
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Sounds of the TTC
I’ve gotten into the habit, when I’m taking the subway, of sometimes just closing my eyes and listening to all the sounds around me...
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Tuesday’s headlines
• Miller goes to China, talks softly of Tibet [ Toronto Star ] • Premier, mayor tread carefully on China file [ Globe and Mail ] • Mayor...
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“Le Toronto artistique”: hors de prix?
Today in the Toronto Star’s op-ed section, Martin Knelman argues that Toronto is finally getting the funds it needs to compete with Montreal as...
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POLL: What to do with the Gardiner?
As we get ready for our “What to do with the Gardiner Expressway” event tomorrow night at the Harbourfront Centre, we thought we’d offer...
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The case for a Downtown Relief Line
photo by Wylie Poon In the last 100 years, there have been many subway proposals that have come and gone. One of the first serious proposals, in 1911...
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Montréal Monday — hockey honks, colonial intersections, and grey spaces
Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and...
By Todd Harrison
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered