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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...
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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...
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Animated Toronto subway map contest winner!
submitted by Drew Jones • view it larger You picked it! We have a winner in our animated Toronto subway line contest. Its Drew Jones! A few weeks...
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Toronto pedestrians may get to scramble
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=BmAe-OjtX6o[/youtube] It seems Toronto is starting to think like a global city, at least when it comes to pedestrians...
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Rallies for a better Toronto
As we get down to crunch time on the tax vote, both sides of the debate are gearing up for one last push. Today Mayor David Miller announced a panel of...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered