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New fuel tank gauge

from the Christian Science Monitor

Friday’s headlines before you leave for the long weekend

• The Way We Were: Simcoe Day history [ Toronto Sun ] • Up on cripple creek [ National Post ] • NYC group flunks T.O.’s waterfront ...

By Matthew Blackett

Green Space

Sam Javanrouh photo from lightning storm

Sam Javanrouh, the world famous Toronto photoblogger and regular Spacing contributor, captured this amazing photo of the lightning storm we had the other...

By Matthew Blackett

Features

EUCAN and misinformation

The Megabin project is dead, but the war or words is still raging. Joe Clark, Leslieville’s loudest booster, recently found EUCAN misleading the...

By Matthew Blackett

Architecture

Get tangled this Sunday

This Sunday, the Toronto School of Creativity and Inquiry is coordinating a conversation on entangled territories in the city. Not only will it address...

By Leah Sandals

Walking

Major walking conference coming to Toronto

City Council has just approved a proposal for Toronto to host the major world annual conference on pedestrianism, Walk21, in 2007, in conjunction with...

By Dylan Reid

Events

Pirates of the Streetcar party

Pirates of the Streetcar Party: A fundraiser for Newmindspace Friday, August 4th 2006, Bathurst & Wolseley @ 7:30p Our friendly, freaky friends over...

By Matthew Blackett

Bikes

Headlines worth following: Aug 2

• Toronto police to use closed circuit TV at Caribana parade [ National Post ] • Police to film street party [ Globe and Mail ] • Ad on...

By Matthew Blackett

Waterfront

Toronto waterfront enters Hall of Shame

Project for Public Spaces in New York has a fantastic website that offers up lots of interesting urban planning solutions. One of their features is a Hall...

By Matthew Blackett

Bikes

Extreme Bike Lockers

The City of Toronto launched its new bike locker program last week. I posted on this, and one clever fellow replied, in part; At $10 per month, this is...

By Tammy Thorne

Solid & Friendly San Jose California

I saw this utility cover on a walk through downtown San Jose last night. It’s so solid looking, and tells you exactly where you are. There are...

By Shawn Micallef

Green Space

Solar-powered trash compactors that don’t recycle

Most large cities in North America are facing their own garbage crises, so Toronto shouldn’t feel it’s the only one trying to find solutions...

By Matthew Blackett