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Scarborough in the NOW
NOW city hall reporter (and Spacing contributor) Mike Smith looks at the issues facing the former municipality of Scarborough over the next four years...
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City Council about to take flight
The new city council will be unveiled for us next week, and we’ll get to see who’ll be pushing the agenda forward for the newly re-elected...
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Dovercourt tree tour and community bonfire
This Saturday, December 2 at 1:00p.m., arborist about town and Spacing contributor Todd Irvine of LEAF and local tree advocate Andrea Dawber of GreenHere...
By Dale Duncan -
Goodbye Stump (Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em)
The scene Monday in front of Scotiabank Centre was loud. The Murray Demolition company (I always wonder what the omnipresent Toronto demolisher Murray...
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Carlton Canyon
The walk west on Carlton has changed over the past year and become quite a nice and cozy canyon. The addition of the new glass condo just east of Yonge...
By Shawn Micallef -
A compendium of links
Lightning loves the tower [Toronto Star]: Keraunophobes, don’t look up. The CN Tower is struck by lightning more frequently than any other structure...
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Funniest Election Moments
My two favorite moments during the election were: • At the Who Runs This Town debate at St. Lawrence Centre — the one with all the candidates...
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News of the World
Last week, Spacing‘s Dale Duncan wrote an article in Eye Magazine about five great public space ideas from other cities. She cited an initiative in...
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uTOpia Redux: The State of the Arts
On Sunday Coach House Books is launching the second volume of uTOpia, this time called “The State of the Arts: Living with Culture in Toronto”...
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Toronto Life covers
Toronto Life just celebrated its 40th anniversary. That’s a huge accomplishment for a Canadian magazine, and even more remarkable since their...
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Automatic Train Control: What’s the Catch?
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. Image by David Cooper, courtesy the Toronto Star. TTC Chairman Howard Moscoe waxes on about the benefits of automatic...
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Wednesday’s links
Suburbs focus hard on Miller [Toronto Star]: Toronto Mayor David Miller earned a strong mandate from the former city suburbs in last week’s...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered