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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...
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Winter cyclist profile – Brandon, Bike Pirate
Name / Occupation / Age Brandon Z / Statistical Consultant / 34 What do you use your bike for? How about what do I *not* use my bike for? Hmmmm…...
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POLL: do you have a driver’s license?
At a recent party over the holidays I asked a majority of the people in attendance if they had a driver’s license. I was surprised by how many folks...
By Matthew Blackett -
Casual carpooling
I recently received my newest copy of The Next American City — a magazine similar to Spacing, but focused on all of the US of A. One article that...
By Matthew Blackett -
Bike union on Cranks
TorontoCranks has posted a lengthy interview with Toronto Cyclists Union project coordinator, Dave Meslin. Here’s a small snippet of one of...
By Tammy Thorne -
Friday’s headlines
• On the surface, fee hikes sound fair. They’re not [ Toronto Star ] • City homeless program a finalist for UN award [ Globe and Mail ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Lost without laneways
NEW YORK – In my unending quest to find unpopulated laneways to stroll through, I’ve made an interesting discovery. There are none. Thanks to...
By Joseph Clement -
Thursday’s headlines
• Water pipe upgrade plan rejected [ Toronto Star ] • City hall travel ban doesn’t apply to politicians [ Toronto Star ] • Giorgio...
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Chicago’s Festival of Maps
CHICAGO — Not much sounds more appealing than a Festival of Maps, and Chicago delivered that holiday gift (and continues to deliver it) in its...
By Liz Clayton -
First Canadian Place vs. Empire State Building
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Iy1H_4adc[/youtube] This time lapse of First Canadian Place by izod shot during it signage makeover (the old...
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Urgent: Urban philanthropist needed for Community History Project (redux)
ED: This entry was posted last Friday — we’ve been informed that the Community History Project is still looking for space this week, though...
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Does transit card design matter?
There are so many issues on the TTC’s “hierarchy of problems” that questioning the metropass’s design could seem frivolous or even...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered