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Monday’s Headlines
• Street furniture designed to offend [ Toronto Star ] • What you said about the designs [ Toronto Star ] • Cover art with a difference ...
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Virtual City Tours
I just found an interesting site called “Virtual City,” where you can pick a location or a route in Toronto and it will show you a photo of...
By Dylan Reid -
Hometown airbag
Yesterday the wind was howling through downtown Windsor and the snow was fading the Detroit skyline in and out. There were few pedestrians to break...
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City Hall: Trash Talk
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. It’s a given that the city needs to change the rules related to garbage collection. Right now, there’s a six-bag...
By Dale Duncan -
Go Easter egg hunting on Sunday with Newmindspace
The folks at Newmindspace are holding their third annual public Easter egg hunt on Sunday along Bloor Street, from Yonge west to Bathurst. Check out their...
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Where in the GTA?
On a recent Sunday with nothing better to do but drive a car around the GTA we found this perfect land of small town quaintness. Quaint is not a word to...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Holiday closings in Toronto [ Globe and Mail ] • City’s response to surprise snowstorm defended although fewer salters in use [ Globe...
By Julie Yamin -
Street food is in the air
I’ve often heard people wonder why it is that the only food you can buy from a street vendor in Toronto is a sausage, when the city is full of...
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Making ad creep work for you: NYC’s Pixelator
Kevin at Newmindspace forwarded this video from New York that shows some folks installing a “pixelator” onto the sidewalk video screens that...
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Cyclists meet to discuss Lake Ontario Park tonight
Sorry about the super-late notice, but I thought I’d post this notice from Tovi Heilbronn, who first brought together a group of cyclists to discuss...
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ROM makes a deal
Back in January I posted about the Royal Ontario Museum‘s attempt to get out of paying the usual fee to the city for the encroachment on public...
By Dylan Reid -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Toronto’s hidden rivers [ Toronto Star ] • Treasure trove in the junction [ Toronto Star ] • DVP opens [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Julie Yamin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered