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Harnessing wind power downtown
I have a friend who recently bought a commercial building in the Entertainment District. He has some decent plans on how to properly develop the site and...
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Tree Tuesday: Arboreal Aria
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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Tuesday’s headlines
• Don’t call it ‘Scarlem’ [ Toronto Star ] • Q & A: Is Scarborough getting the short end of the stick? [ National Post ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Look out for door prizes!
Seattle is taking steps to try and protect cyclists from bring hit by car doors by installing a series of signs near parking spots. The signs are...
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Bike plates in Oregon
Every once in a while we hear calls to licence cyclists. But in Oregon, they instead just encourage residents to buy vanity plates for their cars that...
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Asshole of the Week: Tony Bernardo
I realize it’s early in the week but thanks to Tony Bernardo of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association I’m ready to call the competition for...
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Montréal Monday — photos du jour, Little Maghreb, and STM service controversy
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 -
Monday’s headlines
• We don’t deserve this horrorchitecture [ Toronto Star ] • Bedbug control no easy task [ Toronto Star ] • Inside the AGO [ Toronto...
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Mapping our urbanism – watersheds
Along with its article today about the TRCA‘s work preserving watersheds in the GTA (Clock is ticking for conservation dream), The Star included a...
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The Highline: adaptive reuse of industrial infrastructure
NEW YORK – The Highline is one of the most actively discussed public space projects in New York and for a very good reason. It is setting a...
By Joseph Clement -
Sunday’s headlines
• Clock is ticking for conservation dream [ Toronto Star ] • GO fleet stacks the deck [ Toronto Sun ] • No pants the better way for a day ...
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Saturday’s headlines
• The popular ‘urban village’ [ Toronto Star ] • History in search of a new home [ Toronto Star ] • At home with 100 years of...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered