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Plowed bike lanes vital to winter biking
Following the City’s Bike Winter promotion and the Coldest Day of the Year ride, the Toronto Star featured an article paraphrasing the cycling...
By Tammy Thorne -
Concrete Toronto: Looking at our city
The Toronto Society of Architects has organized a panel discussion inspired by book Concrete Toronto released in November. The panel will be a broad and...
By Shawn Micallef -
Frozen in Grand Central Station
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo[/youtube] Back in June 2006, I wrote about the group Improv Everywhere. Their latest stunt in New...
By Matthew Blackett -
Montréal Monday — Mercier, transit pass design, and pôle vert
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 -
One Book: Hallam of Toronto
Hallam had never really seriously contemplated failure. He’d always thought he had been chosen over his older brother to bring the family name to...
By Todd Harrison -
Monday’s headlines
• Iconic Yonge-Dundas Square a major city asset [ Toronto Star ] • Tax-free bonds proposed to finance city projects [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Monika Warzecha -
“Sugar Beach” wins Jarvis Slip Design Competition
On Friday, Waterfront Toronto announced the winning design for the Jarvis Slip Design Competition. The winning team, Claude Cormier Architectes...
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Clearing the snow for pedestrians
After the December 16 snowstorm, there was a lot of media coverage and comment about how poorly snow was cleared for pedestrians compared to drivers...
By Dylan Reid -
Sunday’s headlines
• Affordable housing gap tops $1 billion [ Toronto Star ] • A long wait for affordable places to live [ Toronto Star ] • Senator’s...
By Monika Warzecha -
Winter cyclist profile – Yvonne the community animator
Name / Occupation / Age Yvonne Bambrick / Community Animator at the Center for Social Innovation /31 What do you use your bike for? Getting everywhere and...
By Tammy Thorne -
Saturday’s headlines
• Committee wants better snow removal on sidewalks [ Toronto Star ] • Where your car can feel at home [ Toronto Star ] • What’s not...
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POLL: should City Council adopt a political party system?
Early in January, Spacing’s Dale Duncan wrote about the “Rising Right” of Toronto city council. The post garnered a good number of...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered