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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...
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Panel tells City to sell lands, install road tolls, raise taxes…
Today, an independent panel is adivsing the City of Toronto to take on a number of drastic measures in order to right the city’s economic ship. from...
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Blogging The Blaze: The Queen West Fire
photo by Johnny Madden I saw the movie Cloverfield the weekend it came out. I’m a bit of a sucker for movies that show major metropolitan cities...
By Matthew Blackett -
Thursday’s headlines
QUEEN ST. W. FIRE • Fire ravages Queen St. W. [ Toronto Star ] • Six-alarm inferno smoulders into the night [ Toronto Star ] • Six-alarm...
By Monika Warzecha -
Queen West fire
The fire on Queen Street West near Bathurst is all over the news today. Five buildings are seriously damaged, Duke’s Cycle is gone and the building...
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Hard Candy on Lansdowne
The Convenience Gallery — the 24-hour storefront art space at Lansdowne and Seaforth, one block north of Queen — is hosting Hard Candy, an...
By Shawn Micallef -
One Book: Urban Exploration
“There are a couple of boarded-up houses on Elm Street, just near Bay,” said Bridget. She came over sat on the bed beside her mother. Marianne...
By Todd Harrison -
Wednesday’s headlines
• TTC riders moved by better service [ Toronto Star ] • Workers to recall gas nightmare [ Toronto Sun ] • Slow-GO petition gathers steam ...
By Monika Warzecha -
The Hidden Jewel of Hull
Marc Dubé is the owner of most of the parking lots in downtown Hull. He was kind enough to agree to an interview with The Impervious P-lot...
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Tree Tuesday: Good & eco in the garden of pizza
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
By Todd Irvine
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered