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We’re Top 10!
Toronto is among the top 10 economic centres in the world, according to Standard & Poor’s. A provider of financial market intelligence...
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Salt is no solution for icy walkways
That’s not snow in this picture of the Danforth GO train platform — it’s all salt. My wife took this photo on New Year’s Eve...
By Todd Harrison -
Wednesday’s headlines
• The city unseen: Casa Loma [ Toronto Star ] • Levees offer hope, cookies [ Toronto Star ] • Facebook mania hits 1 million in Toronto ...
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New Years Day Headlines
• Amalgamation: 10 years later [ Toronto Star ] • 10 years in the life of a megacity [ Toronto Star ] • Former mayors look back in anger ...
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New Year’s Eve stories
New Year’s Eve always produces memorial stories. If you have the energy on New Year’s Day, please come back to Spacing Toronto and share with...
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The end of Boston’s Big Dig
BOSTON — The most widely publicized attempt to rejuvenate a city scarred by an elevated expressway concludes today: Boston’s Big Dig has...
By David Pal -
Playground Sponsorship: Car Dealerships & Divas
While home for the holidays last week, just as Capital One announced it was going to donate $85,000 to cover tonight’s free TTC rides, I discovered...
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Monday’s headlines
• Tolls, taxes to rise in new year [ Toronto Star ] • City softens to the sharp edges [ Toronto Star ] • A year in politics through word of...
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Montréal Monday — postwar development, the Steinbergs, and lost neighbourhoods
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 -
Mapping our urbanism – language
The Star included a map of “Greater Toronto’s language quilt” in their Ideas section today compiled based on recently released 2006...
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Winter cyclist profile – Keegan the PhD candidate
Name / Occupation / Age Keegan Barker / PhD Student / 31 What do you use your bike for? Transportation, fun, exercise, freedom. How often do you ride? Now...
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Sunday’s headlines
• Toronto’s year of living large – and tall [ Toronto Star ] • Sybil Wa: Architect [ Toronto Star ] • Ontario group launches...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered