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Tree Tuesday: The Narrowing of Gladstone
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...
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Winter cyclist profile – Leehe the personal trainer
Name / Occupation / Age Leehe Lev / Self Employed Personal Trainer and Lifestyle Coach, Owner of Whole Self Fitness / 34 What do you use your bike for...
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An overview of the Jarvis Street Slip submissions
Last night Waterfront Toronto unveiled the submissions of three finalists vying to design a new public space at the foot of Jarvis Street, part of the...
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Tuesday’s headlines
• TTC driver attacked – not once, but twice [ Toronto Star ] • Tolls, gas tax urged to fund roads, transit [ Toronto Star ] • Study...
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The continuing saga of the Queen Car
The 501 Queen Streetcar was recently named by National Geographic as one of the ten great tram rides of a lifetime (up there with the San Francisco...
By Sean Marshall -
Thunder Bay whirlwind chill
This past weekend I spent 24 quick hours in Thunder Bay, a city that does not live up to its name: it could have been called Sunny Bay. And rather than...
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Air quality control
Cross posted from Eye Weekly. Big cities are notorious for their smog, but aside from car exhaust, do we really know what’s in our air? Figuring out...
By Dale Duncan -
Montréal Monday — recycling, cycling, and more on the STM service changes
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
• TTC drivers in crisis [ Toronto Star ] • Building a virtual bridge with a camera [ Toronto Star ] • Peer into a looking glass to see a...
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Sunday’s headlines
• How to make housing affordable [ Toronto Star ] • Layton talks tough on handguns [Toronto Star ] • Think of TTC as free [ Toronto Sun ]
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Jarvis slip design submissions released
Waterfront Toronto has released the 3 competing designs for the public space at Jarvis Slip at the foot of Jarvis Street (Christopher Hume of The Star...
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Saturday’s headlines
• Sure footing on Jarvis slip [ Toronto Star ] • Design challenge brings new life to urban space [ Globe and Mail ] • Road paved with good...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered