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One Book: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
He’d been spending his days hunched over papers in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at U of T, hunting down information even he admitted was...
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Remnants of Niagara’s “Arc de Triomphe”
Toronto has its share of odd historic artifacts scattered about town. Some of the most quirky bits, perhaps, are a couple of big stone medallions, back to...
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Toronto Prairie: Our (almost) missing style
Toronto is pretty flat, but it’s no prairie. Perhaps that’s why the Prairie style didn’t catch on. While it’s not surprising that...
By Thomas Wicks -
Friday’s headlines
WASTE • Toronto to pay the price for more garbage [ Toronto Star ] • Bag limits rein in 905’s waste [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto...
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Lobbyists: Start your registrations
More than four years after Mayor David Miller instructed staff to begin drafting legislation for the first municipal lobbyist registry in Canada...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
SECOND BALLOT: Help name Toronto’s new bike magazine
On January 31st, we posted a poll to help name Toronto’s new bicycle magazine. Published by the Toronto Cyclists Union, the magazine is set to...
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Events Guide: Customizing Google Maps and Silent Rave
WHAT: Customizing Google Maps on your website WHEN: Saturday, February 9, 10am-6pm WHERE: Rich Media Institute, 156 Augusta Ave. HOW MUCH: $129 The Google...
By Todd Harrison -
Spacing named Toronto’s best magazine by BlogTO
Spacing is happy to see that BlogTO readers really like us — we were voted the best Toronto magazine! Read the interview with Spacing’s...
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Sidewalk cleared before road? Really?!?
Spacing Toronto contributors have been writing up a storm of posts about snow removal on sidewalks and roads. We learned that the City didn’t start...
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Thursday’s headlines
• 21% rink fee hike rejected [ Toronto Star ] • Miller seeks alternatives to big fee hikes [ Globe and Mail ] • Councillor livid over fees...
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Smug on smog
You gotta love it when someone knows they’re doing something environmentally destructive, such as driving an SUV, but still finds it necessary to be...
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Toronto’s history in phone numbers
When I was growing up in the Toronto suburb of Willowdale, the community where “Downtown North York” is located, almost all of my friends had...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered