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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...
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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...
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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 -
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 -
This traffic signal is brought to you by …
It’s a disconcerting experience to find that an April Fool’s joke in fact has an element of reality to it. This spring, I posted a funny April...
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Speaking up on taxes
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Eight prominent developers — the kind of professionals who worry about how the land transfer tax (LLT) will affect...
By Dale Duncan
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered