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Where have our streetcars gone? (Part II)
My first post on the Wire discussed Kenosha, Wisconsin’s re-use of five ex-TTC PCC streetcars. Other disused streetcars that escaped the wreckers...
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Next stop display on streetcars
Miles Storey, a Spacing contributor (that’s his photo on the cover of the of our current issue) and one of the city’s best photobloggers, sent...
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And then there were 24?
First Brian Ashton and now Gloria Lindsay-Luby? Lindsay-Luby, a member of City Council’s executive committee, discussed her angst about the land...
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Saturday’s headlines
• MILLER: What kind of city do you want? [ National Post ] • Miller ally wavering on tax plan [ Toronto Star ] • Same fight for Toronto...
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Update: Vacant Lot Theme Park cancelled
Vacant lots in Toronto have been the subject of more than a few articles and art shows in recent years. On Saturday night a group of artists are holding...
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Facebook Friday: Putting one foot in front of the other
As the name suggests, every Friday Spacing profiles Facebook groups that are using the social network to articulate their experiences and share...
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The hypocrisy of real estate brokers
Thulasi Srikanthan and Tony Wong in The Toronto Star report today on the antagonism between real estate brokers and agents at a camp-out awaiting a...
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Happy Birthday Spadina Streetcar
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Spadina Streetcar. Steve Munro provides a fine tribute and look back at how it came about on his website (with...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Bus stops here for TTC [ Toronto Star ] • TTC ordered to call out all streetcars, bus stops [ Globe and Mail ] • TTC told to announce...
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Pedestrian-Friendly Gould Street Design Competition
In conjunction with the international Walk21 conference being hosted by the City of Toronto in early October, Ryerson University is launching an...
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Diamond Lanes finally policed?
In a few of the comment threads over the past two days readers have been excited about sightings of something most rare or even nonexistent Toronto...
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Thursday’s Headlines
• Volunteers spruced up cemetery [ Toronto Star ] • Keeping the ‘better way’ in motion [ Toronto Star ] • Libraries agree to...
By Julie Yamin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered