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Eugene Yao, 1946-2008: A Chinese Activist
Cross-posted from Spacing Montreal Eugene Yao was born in Shanghai in 1946, and came to Canada in 1969 as a student of McGill University in electrical...
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Montréal Monday — postering, Griffintown music, and Champ Libre
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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Monday’s headlines
• More power to the mayor – but why? [ Toronto Star ] • Where exactly did Giambrone stand? [ Globe and Mail ] • Hydro shines a light...
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Winter cyclist profile – Alex, Bikechain coordinator
Name / Occupation / Age Alex Gatien / Bikechain coordinator / 22 What do you use your bike for? Everything. I commute year-round and do a fair bit of road...
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Sunday’s headlines
• A bold idea for Lakeview [ Toronto Star ] • The not-always mean streets of 1850 [ Toronto Star ] • TB’s deadly comeback [ Toronto Star ]
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Blogging the Blaze, part II
Back in 2002, Kevin Steele became the first Toronto photoblogger I followed with regularity. I’ve always enjoyed his series of photos that are...
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American suburbs the new slums?
In a bizarre reversal of urban decay, many homes and streets in American suburbs are being abandoned due to a number of reasons, including the fallout of...
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Architecture Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners
The venerable Canadian Council for the Arts recently announced the winner of this years Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners. This years winner is...
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Saturday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Miller pushes for more power [ Toronto Star ] • Miller ramps up pursuit of ‘strong mayor’ status [ Globe and Mail ...
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Montreal in Dublin
IRELAND: A day trip to Dublin reveals many fine things but none finer than this bus with a Montreal advertisement seen yesterday moving up the...
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Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Rescue plan ailing for Toronto [ Toronto Star ] • ‘Strong mayor’ called key [ Toronto Star ] • Billions of dollars...
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Events Guide: Architects & Archives lectures and Women, Weight & Where You Live discussion
WHAT: Building Toronto: Architects & Archives lecture series WHEN: begins tonight (February 21), continuing ’til April 5 WHERE: City of Toronto...
By Todd Harrison
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered