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A few pics from Toronto The Good

photos by Susheela Nirmalan-Nathan More pictures at Take More Photos.

Wednesday’s Headlines

• Waterfront plan from a different era [ Toronto Star ] • Big apple turns granny smith as mega-city mayors talk green [ National Post ] &bull...

By Julie Yamin

Architecture

See you tonight at Toronto The Good

We hope to see you tonight at Toronto The Good party. When: Tuesday, May 15th, starting at 7pm Where: Fermenting Cellar, Distillery District Who: ERA...

By Spacing

Architecture

SPACING PRESENTS: Toronto the Good, Tonight

When: Tonight, starting at 7pm Where: Fermenting Cellar, Distillery District Who: DJ Chris Thinn How Much: $10 gets you into the building, plus food Cash...

By Spacing

Culture

Hopscotching their way to Ottawa’s City Hall

In a city where streets form up to 35 percent of the public space (compared to Toronto’s 27.4 percent), Ottawa artists and city councilor Clive...

By Sarah Magwood

Transit

Improving service on King and Queen — can it be done?

Improving service on King and Queen — can it be done? Steve Munro thinks it can, and he’s put together a detailed proposal showing how. The...

By James Bow

Politics

Monday’s Headlines

• Talks reopen for Ex hotel [ Toronto Star ] • ‘New money’ stretches the truth [ National Post ] • City rapped over condo...

By Julie Yamin

Communication

Utility poles and free speech

In today’s Toronto Star, writer Murray Whyte examines the current state of postering in the city and discovers that the corporate advertisers are...

By Spacing

Communication

Pillow Fight!

Thanks to Jacqueline Treloar for sending along some pics from today’s Pillow Fight hosted by Newmindspace. Check out the hundreds of photos on...

By Matthew Blackett

Communication

Different kinds of gateways

I was flipping through the photoblog of Rannie Turingan and stumbled upon this great graffiti piece. It reminded me of the short article I wrote in the...

By Matthew Blackett

Green Space

Saturday’s headline

• Inside City Hall: can old rivals be friends? [ Globe and Mail ] • Montreal, Toronto say ‘Oui” to co-operation [ Toronto Star ...

By Matthew Blackett

Features

Billboard tax debate

Public space activist Dave Meslin wrote an interesting article in NOW magazine this week about the issue of taxing advertising billboards. The article was...

By Dylan Reid