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Help choose Toronto’s new LRVs — aka our new streetcars
The past few months have been very exciting for Toronto’s transit users, with March’s announcement of the Transit City – Light Rail plan...
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Thursday’s Headlines
• Locals say crosswalk is ‘extremely dangerous’ [ Toronto Star ] • City okays pay-as-you-toss garbage fees [ Globe and Mail ] &bull...
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Spacing release party: July 4th
WHAT: Spacing, summer 2007 issue release party WHEN: Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 • 8pm WHERE: S.S. Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. W.) HOW MUCH: $10...
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Pretty in pink
Update – The Squad’s pink lanes got some props in New York City on Streetsblog! A few pretty pink Penny Farthings showed up on Bloor street...
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Open Cities Toronto 2007
Here’s a stimulating event for the weekend: Open Cities Toronto 2007 is a weekend-long web of conversation and celebration that asks: how do we...
By Dylan Reid -
Spacing on newsstand delayed a week
Our loyal subscribers will start receiving their copies of the new Spacing issue by the end of this week. We dropped it off at Canada Post yesterday and...
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City Hall: New garbage collection system approved by council
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. By a vote of 26-18, city council approved a new pay-as-you-throw garbage collection system before breaking for lunch today...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Dirt flying in the eyes of residents [ Toronto Star ] • Solar panels on the roof, savings below [ Toronto Star ] • The impressive new...
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Looking at cities
Someone recently suggested I look at the 1985 book Looking at Cities by Allan B. Jacobs, a great California urbanist who did a lot of work on how to make...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
• Will peace garden fade from view? [ Toronto Star ] • City to reap $300M from land transfer tax [ Toronto Star ] • Ontario unveils...
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Walking to transit in Brazil
Most people who take transit walk to their transit stop. You would think that transit companies would therefore be very conscious of pedestrian issues...
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Monday’s Headlines
• Jilly’s symbolizes a Queen St. Strip [ Toronto Star ] • How do you spell creative bankruptcy? R-O-U-N-D-H-O-U-S-E [ Toronto Star ...
By Julie Yamin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered