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Ourtopias at DX
This week at the Design Exchange: OURTOPIAS: Ideal cities and the roles of design in remaking urban space June 14 – 16, 2007 This interdisciplinary...
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Guerrilla photography
When Dufferin hits Queen the road ends briefly. On the north side of the three-way intersection is a retaining wall holding earth in place that supports...
By Matthew Blackett -
Planning ahead
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. This week I wrote about a group called People Planning Toronto (PPT for short), who held a neighbourhood summit May 26 to...
By Dale Duncan -
On Golden Bay
I’m here in my diasporic homeland Malta — the small and rocky island between Sicily and Libya. This evening I went to a “holistic...
By Shawn Micallef -
Dubious Views online exhibition
Every Bus Stop in Surrey, Sylvia Grace Borda, 2004. Dubious Views is a bilingual online exhibition funded by the Virtual Museum Project of Canada, and...
By Michelle Kasprzak -
Should museums be public spaces?
This Sunday marks the last day for Torontonians to preview empty galleries at the ROM Crystal. And today (Friday) is the only day of the preview (which...
By Leah Sandals -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: June 8th
Planning ahead Amid the glamour that comes with the opening of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the ROM, it’s easy to forget that, despite the...
By Dale Duncan -
Graffiti Portraits: Friday, June 8th
Spacing photo intern Susheela Nirmalan-Nathan documents the faces in Toronto’s graffiti murals on our photoblog Spacing Photos. See it larger on...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Gardiner is belle of the ball [ Toronto Star ] • Radical new steps in trash [ Toronto Star ] • Hello, I’m your T.O Greeter ...
By Julie Yamin -
Helsinski’s GPS bus map
Helsinki has a great, real-time map that tracks the location of each bus.
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto Public Spaces in Creative Writing
One of the ways we interact with public spaces is through their representation in media like film, photography, and literature. It might be the...
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Cyclist Profile – Councillor Adrian Heaps
During Bike Week, and possibly beyond, I will feature some cyclist profiles here on the wire. These will be profiles of regular people who ride bikes in...
By Tammy Thorne
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered