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On-street parking — for bikes!
While Toronto celebrates Bike Week, and the City makes proud announcements that should just be commonplace, we should be looking at what other cities have...
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Seattle’s street furniture is so silly
I’m on the west coast doing some travelling and I can’t help but notice how strange some of these cities are. For example, you may find this...
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Cyclist Profile – Christopher the actor
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 -
City Hall: Have public meetings gone to the dogs?
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. The first in a series of community consultation meetings on the People, Dogs and Parks Strategy takes place tonight in...
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Mapping the City
Sol Le Witt, ‘Map of Amsterdam without the Amstel River’, 1976, Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Mapping the City, a recent exhibition at the...
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Monday’s Headlines
• Dion rejects cities’ call for 1 cent of GST [ Toronto Star ] • Housing protest ends in four arrests [ Toronto Star ] • Who’ll...
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Graffiti Portraits on Spacing Photos
Starting today and running for the next two weeks, Spacing photo intern Susheela Nirmalan-Nathan documents the faces in Toronto’s graffiti murals on...
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Opening of ROM and a pulse on the waterfront
Last night I showed up late to the opening of the ROM crystal — somewhere around 1:30am. I was amazed to see so many people still milling about...
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Dale Duncan at City Hall: June 2
How hard is it to paint a line on the road? Toronto is already currently ranked as one of the five most-clogged cities in North America, and with 3...
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Saturday’s headlines
Pulse Front at Harbourfront, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer • Has the cultural renaissance begun? [ Toronto Star ] • Renaissance ROM, finally realized...
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Where should Toronto’s pedestrian mall be?
Last summer, I spent some time in Stockholm, Sweden with a few friends. We were attending a wedding of a friend, but scheduled a lot of time to wander the...
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Cyclist Profile — Luis the library clerk
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