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Monday’s links to weekend articles
This is the best photo of Toronto I have seen in a long time. It was posted in Torontoist’s Flickr Pool and is making the rounds on the internet...
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“We’re all pedestrians” campaign wins award
While we at Spacing have serious beefs with outdoor advertising, we do have a sense of humour and can appreciate creativity when we see it. So kudos to...
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NY Times has ideas
In today’s NY Times magazine they look at 74 ideas that were talked about over the past year. Some are weird — like the comb that listens and...
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Yer Alt-weekly round up
Mike Smith writes about the first meeting of Toronto’s new city council in this week’s NOW. The meeting itself was uneventful, says Smith. Of...
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Reminder: Calvacade of (Throwie) Lights tonight!
Newmindspace is reworking the Calvalcade of Lights theme with a throwie workshop and action tonight (Friday, December 8th). Throwies, in case you...
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Giambrone takes the helm of TTC
The new council appointed commissioners to the TTC yesterday, with Miller ally and second-term councillor Adam Giambrone assuming the position of chair...
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Nathan Phillips Square re-design finalists announced
photo by Sam Javanrouh • see it larger A short-list of finalists have been annouced in the re-design of Nathan Phillips Square. The jury studied...
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Thursday’s compendium of links
Moscoe touts landlord licences [Toronto Star]: You need a licence to drive a car, why not a licence to be a landlord? That seems to be the thinking behind...
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Walking from JFK
In today’s New York Times there is an article on a walk English author Will Self took from JFK into Manhatten. It took him six hours. Self is a...
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TO’s new city council: on your marks, get set, go!
Toronto Star columnist Royson James, who belittled David Miller for almost the entire election campaign (two or three days before election day James...
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Outer Space: public realm articles from around the world
St. Pancras in London, England, from The Guardian • The world’s most beautiful train stations [ The Guardian ] • San Diego’s...
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The scorched-earth reality of new councillors
Two weeks ago on our Spacing Votes blog, Karen MacKenzie wrote about the transition process faced by newly elected councillors. The article touched on the...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered