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Wednesday’s headlines
• Trash plan is just a pile of rubbish [ Toronto Star ] • Issue leaves little room for decency [ Toronto Star ] • Scarborough: Desperately...
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One Book: Hanlan’s Point
A man is standing by the lakeshore at Hanlan’s Point ferry dock. Cicadas in the grass near the roadway, cars passing behind the hotel. The ferry...
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Razing Bishop’s Block to save it
At the corner of University and Adelaide, an empty parking is slowly being converted into a luxury condo. But in my opinion, its the heritage building...
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Tuesday’s headlines
RECREATION FEES • Welfare plan lets city trim rink-fee hike [ Toronto Star ] • City scales back fee increases [ Toronto Star ] • Mayor...
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Montréal Monday — housing, more igloos, and a new highway
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 -
Winter cyclist profile – Geoffrey, Bike Pirate
Name / Occupation / Age Geoffrey Bercarich/ Student / 23 What do you use your bike for? I bike to and fro between York University and my home at Queen and...
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Board of Trade gives sign of things to come?
When some of Toronto’s most influential developers and the Board of Trade backed the watered down tax package that was adopted by City Council in...
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One Book: Natural Light
They did not have the benefit of Mr. Ennis’s skylight to effect the passage of light into the room, but the front south-facing window was almost as...
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Monday’s headlines
• Extreme cold alert, extreme warnings [ Toronto Star ] • Lobbyist list finally online [ Toronto Star ] • Lobbyist registry sheds a new...
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Streetcars and LRT: Toronto’s next steps
The Spadina Streetcar: not quite LRT Yesterday, I posted an article on Spacing Toronto briefly explaining the history and context for North...
By Sean Marshall -
One Book: Two Panel Discussions
As part of One Book, the Toronto Public Library is hosting two panel discussions about Toronto: • Lost City: Can we preserve Toronto’s past...
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Sunday’s headlines
• Developer’s cost claims raise fears of legal chill [ Toronto Star ] • Observatory protest goes sky-high [ Toronto Star ] • Beware...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered