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Urban health research
The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (CUHI) in Toronto facilitates research that examines how the social and physical conditions in cities affect the...
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Small updates to Spacing Wire
We’ll be tweaking some of the design and functions of the Spacing Wire over the next week (we’ve updated the logo already, as you can see). We...
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You park like an asshole
I occasionally drive, borrowing my mom’s car once a month to pick up large items out in the ‘burbs. This means I also get to experience the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Queen West Triangle decision to be appealed?
The decision by the OMB to award developers everything they asked for in the Queen West Triangle, despite the wishes of City Hall, local residents and the...
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Civic improvements
CBC’s Metro Morning show this morning features an interview with Toronto’s chief planner, Ted Tyndorf, (RealPlayer streaming audio, 4:47...
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Article links to kill time on Monday afternoon
illustration of 48 Abell, Queen St. W. I’ve compiled a bunch of links from blogs, today’s papers, and the weekend papers. Also, Robert...
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Canadians & the Common Good report
Canada25 has just launched its fourth national policy report: “Canadians & the Common Good: Building a Civic Nation Through Civic...
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In this week’s NOW
Dylan Reid based his latest NOW article, No place to meet, on the 64 comments made to his recent Spacing wire post, in which he asked: “if you had...
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Librarians do it better
While certain civic bureaucracies continue to confound and anger many Torontonians, the Toronto Public Library seems to be doing everything right...
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Dale Duncan heads to City Hall
Spacing‘s managing editor Dale Duncan is now writing a weekly column for Eye Weekly on the soap opera that is known as City Hall. Each week...
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Portlands Energy Centre to host Canada’s largest solar research facility
A press release (PDF) was issued today announcing that the Portlands Energy Centre, the embattled power plant going up in the Portlands, will host...
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TWRC issues Herculean challenge
As far as urban planning goes, few things are more exciting than a good design challenge. Take a derelict or declining space, ask some of the...
By Ian Malczewski
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered