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Montréal Monday — smart cards, apartment fire, and new public 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...
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Mayor turns to Facebook, YouTube to fight guns
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc06nT2gvjw[/youtube] For years, Mayor David Miller has written to prime ministers (first Paul Martin, now Stephen...
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Dispatches from Metronauts
About 100 interested people met on Saturday for the Metronauts “unconference” to discuss ideas for transit in Toronto and the larger Toronto...
By Sean Marshall -
Monday’s headlines
• Mayor’s executive committee can’t dodge every demand [ Globe and Mail ] • City examines vacuum trash collection [ National Post ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Wireless Road Tolls and Metrolinx
In this month’s Toronto Life, Phillip Preville pens a fascinating article Toronto’s congestion problems, including an interview with Metrolinx...
By David Pal -
Sunday’s headlines
• Sneak preview of $5-million facelift [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto taxes are lower. No, higher. Wait, they’re both [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Weekend diversions
“Sidewalk Psychiatry” is a public-art sidewalk project that plays with the fact that people often think about personal issues while they walk...
By Dylan Reid -
Sneak peek of layouts from Spacing’s next issue
Here are a few layouts from the next issue of Spacing (due out in a few weeks). Click on the image to see a larger version.
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Saturday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Mayor defends push for more power [ Toronto Star ] • Miller’s blind ambition tour [ Toronto Star ] • Mayoral candidates...
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Toronto Wildlife Centre: Unsung urban hero of the week
This morning there was a pigeon the back yard, as there sometimes are, so not much notice was taken of it. A bit later it was still there, arousing...
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Community mobilizes against Eastern Avenue development
Recently there has been a lot of noise about the proposed development by Smart!Centres on Eastern Avenue – a development suspected to be a Big Box...
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Pedal-car Not Guilty!
A judge ruled yesterday that pedal-powered cars are safe to be driven down the streets of Toronto. A case redolent with irony and absurdity saw the driver...
By Patricia Simoes
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered