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Ad-Hoc Urban Signage
Tom at Fire in the Brain recently told a story of some guerilla signage with longevity in his community: Last spring someone affixed a hand-written sign...
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Toronto Coalition for Active Transport
Cycling, walking, and related organizations in Toronto have come together to form the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT). TCAT’s...
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The Babe Gets a Plaque
A new plaque honouring the site of Babe Ruth’s first professional home run will be unveiled in a ceremony held at Hanlan’s Point on September...
By Spacing -
Vancouver and Victoria public spaces
Andy Reeves will be covering ad creep and streetscape issues during the 2006 election for the Spacing Votes blog. Here’s a report by Reeves from his...
By Spacing -
HUME: show some leadership, Pitfield!
I opened up my copy of the Star today to find a grumpy Christopher Hume. He laid into Jane Pitfield’s platform of tax cuts and hiring freezes. His...
By Matthew Blackett -
New York looks to control ad blight
Torontonians often use New York as an example of a North American city that has vibrant public spaces and decent urban planning. Specifically, we hear...
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Making the Streets Safe for Walkers (slowly)
Two interesting pedestrian initiatives are coming to the Works Committee of City Council on Monday, Sept. 11. The first is a proposal to extend the...
By Dylan Reid -
Monarchs everywhere!
Monarchs, monarchs, everywhere! From today’s Star: They’re suddenly everywhere — majestic black and orange butterflies fluttering in...
By Matthew Blackett -
Subway Navigator
I was recently forwarded the Subway Navigator site which has a number of international cities’ subway maps and can help you figure out how to get...
By Matthew Blackett -
City Surfing
City Surf is a new Toronto based company selling cool downloadable audio tours of some of our more famous neighbourhoods. For $9.99, the savvy traveller...
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Artful Street Furniture
Imagine a city where street furniture is designed by psychiatric survivors and artists. It’s a far cry from a city with fully harmonized street...
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Mothership
Being in Edinburgh feels a bit like hanging out in Toronto’s mothership — the place where all the names we see everyday came from (but with...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered