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Tuesday’s Headlines
• Councillor makes bid to save city’s heritage [ Toronto Star ] • Public transit summit for council crew [ National Post ] &bull...
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Turning taxis into canvasses
The people at GOOD magazine (an awesome, and relatively new, publication out of NYC) did a great thing on Mother’s Day: they teamed up with a...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto the not so good
Spacing contributor Jessica Hume wrote an account in today’s Star of her experience last Friday night walking home through Riverdale: Maybe...
By Shawn Micallef -
Saturday’s headlines
• City eyes project to assess beggars [ Toronto Star ] • Council decries panhandling pilot project [ National Post ] • INSIDE CITY HALL: he...
By Matthew Blackett -
Infest Wisely premieres tonight!
When: tonight! 7pm, Where: at Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue, south of St. George Station) How Much: $5 A new, chewable nanotechnology lets people take...
By Matthew Blackett -
Update on Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington and beyond
The successful Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays are expanding to other neighbourhoods this year. Both Baldwin Village and Mirvish Village (on Markham...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s Headlines
• Car campaign Ts off councillors [ Toronto Star ] • Wobbly bike posts a gift for thieves [ Toronto Star ] • Green bins in condos: A city...
By Julie Yamin -
CBC Ideas — The Sounds of Toronto — Tonight
When I had a discman, a favorite thing to do was walk around Toronto at 9pm listening to Ideas on the CBC Radio One. Now that I’ve switched to an...
By Shawn Micallef -
Audi turns our parks into ads
UPDATE: we received this email from City staff — “Film office requested the TT ‘sculptures’ be removed by the applicant. Staff...
By Matthew Blackett -
Communicate on City’s Community Arts this Month
The midpoint of May has just passed and we’re already in the thrall of arts fest madness — a simultaneously anxious and guilty condition...
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Dale Duncan at City Hall: May 17, 2007
The big city fights the big box If the city were serious about combatting climate change, it would ban big box stores from setting up shop within its...
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Crosswalk as pedestrian memorial
We’ve just had our attention drawn to an ingenious project in Portugal to raise awareness of pedestrian safety. The zebra stripes of a pedestrian...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered