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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...
By Dave Meslin -
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...
By Dale Duncan -
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...
By Julie Yamin -
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...
By Dale Duncan -
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 -
Strolling on Yonge
This week’s stroll column in Eye Weekly had me wandering up and down the Yonge Street Strip, and was written before hearing about the closing of Sam...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered