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New Pedestrian Space, Montreal
This attractive little space is the result of the pedestrian-oriented rebuilding of Bernard Street, a minor mixed commercial/residential street in...
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Every station club
Over at Torontoist, David Topping has been posting an image every day, for 69 days, of a Toronto subway station, and today is the final day of the...
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Ootes doesn’t like bikes
Okay, this isn’t exactly a breaking news headline, I admit, (in fact, it could be called an understatement) but check out the latest anti-cycling...
By Tammy Thorne -
Streets to Screens: August 31
STREETS TO SCREENS Toronto Public Space Committee fundraiser The Mayor of Tent City (Canada, 2005 • 53min) Director: Rosalie Bellefontaine &bull...
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Croft Street Reborn
A year ago, I went on a walking tour of the Harbord Village area that ended at Croft Street, an utterly charming, unconventional laneway that was in the...
By Dylan Reid -
Montreal Cycling
On my recent trip to Montreal, I found the city’s cycling projects very interesting. Of course, Montreal cyclists will tell you they have many...
By Dylan Reid -
“Port Authority Wins”?
John Barber’s column in the Globe today betrays a sense of defeat about the Island Airport issue. You can find it in the Print edition of the paper...
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Building Neighbourhoods along with Subways
Urban consultant and former councillor Richard Gilbert has a very interesting op-ed in the Star today arguing that each of the proposed new subway...
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The Lakeshore Median: Parkland or Parking?
There’s an article in the Globe and Mail today about the debate concerning parking for the newly restored Palais Royale. A plan is in place to put...
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Montreal Info Pillars
On a recent trip to Montreal, my host pointed out a new, larger type of info/ad pillar the city has introduced. Montreal has always had info/ad-pillars...
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Port Authority appoints new board members
Toronto waterfront, 1918 Yesterday, Spacing reported that the release of federal government report (the Tasse Report) assessing the need for the Toronto...
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Friday’s headlines
• Who said cops are lazy? Well, a Toronto Star reader did and asked the Fixer why, after nine years of amalgamation, the Toronto Police HQ on College...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered