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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...
By Dylan Reid -
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 -
Design Thinkers: ‘Design is my weapon, Zimbabwe is my country’
DESIGN THINKERS CONFERENCE — Look in any direction, from almost anywhere in downtown Toronto, and more likely than not you’ll see advertising...
By Jessica Hume -
Mayor reveals independent panel to study the city’s books
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. This morning Mayor David Miller announced the panel of experts that will review the city’s financial books to see...
By Dale Duncan -
Levy’s cuts fall short, lack credibility
Sunday afternoon, on 10 minutes’ notice, I had the chance to take on Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy at a Toronto Party-hosted panel discussion...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Rob Ford is City Hall’s star pupil. Seriously.
The Toronto Sun published an article today on the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation report card on City Hall. Guess who is at the top of the list, the...
By Matthew Blackett -
One man’s Toronto
Inspired by the My Toronto contest, Spacing contributor and Eye Weekly city editor Edward Keenan wrote up a treatment for what his commercial would...
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Countdown signals: the verdict is in
The verdict appears to be in about the new countdown signals. The Toronto Star (full PDF article) is reporting that pedestrian fatalities are down this...
By Sean Marshall -
Human River walk this weekend
The Toronto Public Space Committee is holding its 3rd Annual Human River walk along Garrison Creek, Toronto’s biggest buried river, this Sunday...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered