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Thursday’s headlines
• Hard-won green victory for Oakville [ Toronto Star ] • The people behind the plaques [ Toronto Star ] • Authors call for team effort to...
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Nifty street infrastructure guide from Seattle
A colleague sent me a really useful web guide to the infrastructure elements in a pedestrian-friendly right-of-way (that is, the public part of a street...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• Natives feeling the pull of major urban centres [ Toronto Star ] • Natives seek break in cities [ Toronto Sun ] • Number of aboriginal...
By Monika Warzecha -
Second Empire? Look Up!
If you’ve ever tried to distinguish between the myriad of Victorian architectural styles then you know it isn’t always easy. ‘Victorian...
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Vote for Spacing as Best Local Blog in Canada
Spacing was happy to see that we made the shortlist of Best Local Blog in the Canadian Blog Awards (as were a number of other Toronto blogs —...
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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 ...
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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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered