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Reports of Nathan Phillips’s death have been greatly exagerated
Again on Saturday, after checking on the Spadina Thimble and meandering back east through the Queen West cardigan sweater district, I saw a commotion in...
By Shawn Micallef -
The Tape
Last week we posted a link to the Globe and Mail story I wrote about the new additions to the Spadina Thimble — but we didn’t have a current...
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A better street food scene?
Toronto’s street food scene is reduced to hot dogs and sausages — it seems the most variety you’ll find here is bacon bits at one vendor...
By Laura Hatcher -
This week’s alternative reading
In this week’s NOW, Mike Smith describes our mayor as “a kitten with a mandate — and now, the lieutenants to carry it out.†He writes...
By Spacing -
New Fan-Produced Google TTC Map
We are constantly impressed by the labours of love the Toronto Transit Commission brings out of its fans, but we were totally blown away by this transit...
By James Bow -
Books for public space lovers to give and receive
Hark, what’s that earth-shaking cacophany echoing past yonder half-finished condo developments and through the halls of municipal committee...
By Leah Sandals -
Public Art for Sleepwalkers
Nuit Blanche is well over, but there’s a smaller-scale project launching tonight that similarly takes aim at the late-night public-art-viewing...
By Leah Sandals -
Toronto artstravaganza: t’aint public, but still worth seeing
The Power Plant’s fall show, all about documenting and reinforcing the aura of the fabled Cologne, Germany, art scene of the 1980s, was a bit...
By Leah Sandals -
Holy Public Dancing Interventions, Batman!
Gillian Wearing, what have you wrought? Ever since you decided to spontaneously dance in a shopping mall back in 1994, and record it for a video piece...
By Leah Sandals -
BARBER: Serious Land Dispute on Islands Brewing
John Barber’s column (registered users or Google News search) in The Globe & Mail today discusses the increasing volume of a voice that has been...
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More high-occupancy lanes coming to highways
The Toronto Star is reporting today that the Ontario government will announce major plans to expand the high-occupancy vehicle lanes. In early 2007, the...
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Art Attack Meeting Tonight @ Metro Hall
I know some of you want to piledrive the Henry Moore sculpture in Nathan Phillips Square, but you’re going to have to save that for another day...
By Leah Sandals
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered