Spacing Toronto

Bikes

You Never Bike Alone

Happy BikeFriday my fellow velo-istas! As usual, the bike-friendly folks at Alternative Grounds will be giving free in-house coffee to cyclists. According...

By Tammy Thorne

Events

Planet in Focus opens tonight

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAgEeFv1TN4[/youtube] This week Toronto’s eco-film fest Planet in Focus (Oct 24-28) includes an exciting...

By Shawn Micallef

Culture

A debate we don’t have in Toronto

We’ve all walked the streets of Toronto and seen some weird thing that makes us wonder if it’s art or just … a weird thing. In Brooklyn...

By Shawn Micallef

Green Space

Community Garden Paves Way for “Improvements”?

So-called “Bloorcourt Village” residents were startled to see the former Concord Avenue Community Gardens south of Bloor suddenly more barren...

By Liz Clayton

Politics

Never ending tax talk

Cross-posted from Eye Daily. In the not-so-far-off past, any suggestion of new taxes, any at all, would be political suicide. Today, in light of all the...

By Dale Duncan

Architecture

Heritage Toronto Awards

Last week the Heritage Toronto Awards took place at the Carlu. Though we tend to think (often rightfully so) that Toronto tears down its history without a...

By Shawn Micallef

Architecture

Tree Tuesday: London plane tree of Berkeley Castle

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...

By Todd Irvine

Politics

Liveblogging/commenting the great October Tax Vote

This post is for those who may have already read Adam’s post earlier today but haven’t seen the updates. He is live blogging as the council...

By Shawn Micallef

Politics

To tax or not to tax, that is the question

Last updated: 12:25AM, Tuesday, October 23. Today Toronto City Council will be debating and voting on a land transfer tax and vehicle registration fee...

By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler

Culture

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=AqOTObjWGH8[/youtube] Last night on TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies — one of the best curated film...

By Shawn Micallef

Events

Plans for Etobicoke’s city centre

Etobicoke Civic Centre The concepts for the creation of a new Etobicoke (well, now it’s called “West District”) city centre between...

By Dylan Reid

Infrastructure

The origins of Toronto’s manhole covers

Manhole covers are perhaps the ultimate piece of urban infrastructure — specific to cities, they are the portals to a whole world of civic...

By Dylan Reid