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Three people don’t make it “mixed reviews”
The Star has an article today about the Queen’s Quay pedestrian/bike lane experiment. They had quotes from three residents who didn’t seem...
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TTC Today: no firm funding, bad mojo at helm, future of the RT
The federal Conservatives has said that funding for subway expansion is not firm. From the Toronto Star: Federal funding to help extend the Spadina subway...
By Matthew Blackett -
A New Solar Power
What if every window in the financial district could be transformed into a translucent solar power generator, powering anything from the lights to the...
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The Streets of San Francisco painted and lubed up
Toronto has been called “San Francisco upside down” because where they have hills, we have ravines. Their Victorians are wooden, ours are...
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BikeFriday starts THIS FRIDAY!
Do you know someone who would like to ride their bike to work, but is too nervous to ride in traffic? Have you ever experienced the wonderfully safe...
By Tammy Thorne -
We tear down the good to erect the bad
Toronto skyline, 1931 Christopher Hume had an excellent piece in the Star yesterday. His opening three paragraphs are a reminder of what we’ve let...
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How to Upholster a Tree Stump
Madelon Galland reports on his Tree Stump project in SuperNaturale. I remember seeing one of the stumps last time I was in New York and always wondered...
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Nothing Sacred
We’ve already seen subways, streetcars, and subway stations wrapped in advertising, but we can now add another part of our infrastructure to the...
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Saturday’s public space headlines
• Roadsworth getting his street cred [ Toronto Star ] • A problem with the Beav on Ward’s Island [ Toronto Star ] • A garden of...
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Stockholm syndrome, part II: BIKES
I just returned from a week in Sweden and was quite taken by the country’s advanced urbanity. I have a couple posts to make about my trip with some...
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Getting Oriented
A helpful stencil artist is making it easier for you to get your bearings after leaving the subway — someone has been spray painting directional...
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* moonlight bike ride *
Who could resist a moonlight bike ride on a fine August night? Quiet, peaceful, and lit by streetlamps, the city takes on a new, almost more personal...
By Chris Hardwicke
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered