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Friday Infrastructure Mystery
Spacing reader David Creelman sent us this photo a few weeks ago of a metal lid embedded in the sidewalk on Cambridge Avenue (Broadview/Danforth) and...
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New stadium, new space
The University of Toronto’s new, very simple Varsity Stadium at Bloor W. and Bedford has been criticized for not contributing to this rapidly...
By Dylan Reid -
2008 capital budget — prepare your deputations now
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. November 13 — mark it in your calendars. That’s the day the city has set aside for Torontonians tell the budget...
By Dale Duncan -
Toronto Reference Library 30th Anniversary
Toronto’s greatest indoor public space is celebrating its 30th Anniversary tomorrow (Friday Nov. 2) with a day long program of events. Two years ago...
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LEAFy Drinks tonight
Are you passionate about Toronto’s trees? Do you enjoy a nice beverage? Join LEAF staff and volunteers this evening at the Victory Cafe for LEAFy...
By Todd Irvine -
Concrete Toronto
When I was young the Toronto of my imagination was not Victorian, precious or gingerbread in anyway. It was concrete. Slabs of it. Along the ground, up...
By Shawn Micallef -
Get down with downspout disconnection
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Illegaldownspouts.ca — okay, so this website doesn’t really exist, but in a matter of three years it might. This...
By Dale Duncan -
Richard Florida blogging for the Globe
Noted urban thinker and expatriate American Richard Florida moved to Toronto earlier this year to take a position at the Rotman School at U of T and...
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Go to Church for Halloweeen
Don’t forget once the children have come and gone head to Church Street as it becomes pedestrian-only for the annual Halloween walkabout tonight...
By Shawn Micallef -
A day for remembering
Today is the second anniversary of the death of cyclist Ryan Carriere. Ryan was tragically killed while on his bike at the intersection of Queen and...
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Joe Clark’s TTC Type and Tile Tour
Joe Clark pointing at what he considers the worst sign in the TTC system. Earlier today, Joe Clark hosted a tour of the messy and inconsistent TTC signage...
By Sean Marshall -
Queen West Triangle settlement
Word has spread that the developers, the City, Artscape, and community advocates from Active 18 have come to a deal regarding the future development of...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered