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Port Authority re-enacts Giligan’s Island
The maiden voyage of the Toronto Port Authority’s new ferry to the island airport didn’t go as well as plan — it crashed. According to...
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Moose Art redux – this time interactive!
Just when you thought Toronto’s contemporary artists had abandoned Moose Art once and for all, a spunky new arts duo and their officially named...
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JOHN LORINC COLUMN: Third rail or third way?
Cross-posted to Spacing Votes Third rail or third way? Based on the manufactured outrage that greeted his musings about road tolls in the 2003 election...
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City Council TTC Report Card: Wards 12-22
Cross-posted to Spacing Votes WARD 12 (York/South Weston) – Frank Di Giorgio – D NOW magazine calls him “Frank Who?”. Voted to...
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Sexism in the city
There is an interesting article on Women’s Enews about how urban design affects resources available to battered women. Phoenix, like many cities, is...
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A question for candidates: would you help fund BikeShare?
Cross-posted to Spacing Votes BikeShare — a bike-lending program run by the Community Bicycle Network — is in trouble. Despite their numerous...
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The Birds of Trinity-Bellwoords Park
Adam Krawesky at inconduit.com has created a nice little photo-audio loop of grackles congregating at sunset in Trinity-Bellwoods Park. Check it out. Adam...
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Rating the public washrooms of Toronto
The Star went out and performed an audit on Toronto’s public washrooms. Read the full article. Everyone appreciates a clean washroom. But if the...
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Links to weekend articles
• Will pick up your crap for $$$ [ BlogTO ] Zach Slootsky, one of our reporters at Spacing Votes, also contributes to BlgoTO and has a neat little...
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Pedestrian Science
The Brits have created a machine for walkers — a big suspended platform that can simulate a range of pedestrian environments and situations in order...
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Re/Discover Your City
The Harbourfront Centre is running a cool program called Re/Discover Your City. You can sign up for these tours. Or check out their web site. Tour: LOST...
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Wente takes the TTC
A year ago, Globe columnist Margaret Wente wrote a column glorifying her SUV and dismissing public transit as something you only take when you have to...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered