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R.I.P. Psychedelic Tree Stump
For nearly 10 years, Trinity-Bellwoods Park has been home to a psychedelic tree and wolf (officially known as the Universal Love Machine). Sometime...
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Roof-top fights
As I mentioned in a post last week, I’m now living very high up in Parkdale. The division between private and public is severely blurred at this...
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Hidden City: CBC Radio show on public spaces
If you’re around a radio tonight at 7:30pm, check out Hidden City, a summer show on CBC Radio hosted by Nick Purdon (you can also listen to it on...
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Wednesday’s Headlines
• TTC success? Not so much [Toronto Star] • Cash for TTC is there: Perks [Toronto Sun] • Fast-ferry idea leaves some livid TTC...
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Bike Train tickets selling fast
Photo of Niagara Falls by Alec Soth from the NIAGARA project What do you think of when you think of Niagara? The Falls, of course, but probably not bikes...
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Cartoonist Brett Lamb on off-leash dogs
Local cartoonist Brett Lamb has a good comic about Toronto’s off-leash plan.
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Toronto Tree Tours launch Today
In an urban environment, trees face many pressures to grow and survive. If we’re going to double the canopy cover in this city, understanding the...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
• Meat tosses salad off the street [ Toronto Sun ] • What will be the next meat on the street [ National Post ] • Highway 401 lane buckles...
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St. George Station signage to be left in place
Spacing’s transit contributor James Bow recently wrote about the Save the TTC Signs which includes preserving the signage system at St. George...
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SPACING POLL: Do you think Gardiner and DVP should have tolls?
I went on a quick road trip this weekend to Chicago. Our vehicle had to pay a few highway road tolls along the way — the only toll that was more...
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Tate Modern Global Cities Exhibit
If you have the good fortune to visit the second greatest city in the world (after Toronto) this summer, you should head over to the Tate Modern in London...
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Monday’s Headlines
• Biological imperative drives us to strip mall [ Toronto Star ] • A celebration of diversity [ Toronto Star ] • Green business congress...
By Julie Yamin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered