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Best of 2006: The Waterfront
2006 was a year of ups and downs for the Waterfront. We saw an innovative design competition announced for the Central Waterfront with a widely popular...
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Turning video billboards into public art
Ji Lee, creator of the Bubble Project, which allowed passerby to alter and respond to advertising billboards, has gone digital – well, sort of. His...
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Help improve the TTC’s website
On New Year’s Day, Robert Ouellete, the editor of Reading Toronto, posted a challenge to TTC Chair Adam Giambrone: let the bloggers of Toronto give...
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Alley Jaunt wants to flaunt
Alley Jaunt is seeking five special projects for its 5th anniversary. Here are the deets: We want to do more than jaunt, we want to FLAUNT our five years...
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City Hall sniping, TTC developments, and assorted links
CITY HALL articles: • Councillor decries secrecy of hydro pole deal [ Globe and Mail ] • Inside City Hall feature [ Globe and Mail ] &bull...
By Matthew Blackett -
Best of 2006: bike lanes
It’s nearly impossible to pick a “best” bike lane for 2006 — I mean, 10 kilometres were added to the bikeway network last year...
By Tammy Thorne -
A little history of the TTC’s web site
Since we created the subway station buttons over two years ago we’ve come into contact with a lot of rail fans and people with a real passion to see...
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ROM seeks free ride
When buildings intrude beyond their private property into public space, they have to pay a small rental fee to the City for that space. The Royal Ontario...
By Dylan Reid -
Rustle your bustle for hustle this Sunustle
I WANT RHYTHM returns this weekend for another afternoon of free spiriting it up, this time at Yonge and Gerrard. If you’re unfamiliar with this...
By Leah Sandals -
Where would you meet in Toronto?
I’m reading a very interesting book called The Wisdom of Crowds, by James Surowiecki. The author describes a fascinating experiment by a social...
By Dylan Reid -
Friday’s links to public space articles
• City under fire for secrecy [ Globe and Mail ] • The sounds of the underground [ Globe and Mail ] • Scary walkways get some life ...
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Transit map as a trend chart
I came across this cool map hack — it takes London’s Underground Tokyo’s subway map and uses it as a chart to show the trends of the...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered