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Weather Vanes
Here is some functional street furniture from the UK. McChesney Architects designed a series of innovative swivelling wind shelters on Blackpool’s...
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A gate fit for a prince
John Lorinc has an article in the Globe & Mail today about a facelift at the CNE: Tomorrow morning the city will cut the ribbon on a landscaped...
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Layout of seats on subway
Just the other day I posted a video of a Berlin subway car which is very similar to the model the TTC is looking to buy. A commenter noted that the seat...
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Spacing Photos posting again
After taking 9 days off to celebrate Spacing Photos’ first birthday, the photoblog is back up and running.
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New garbage bins and newspaper boxes on T.O.’s streets
It must be summer vacation at One Yonge Street because the Star is reporting today on the death of the MegaBins (Spacing reported this development back on...
By Matthew Blackett -
A glimpse of the future?
There was an article in the Star a few days ago about how the city will be temporarily closing down Queen’s Quay improve pedestrian access to the...
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A walk through a Berlin subway train
There has been a lot of talk about the new subways the TTC wants to purchase (read more about it on this Wire post). To win us riders over, the TTC has a...
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Enemies at the Gates
Yesterday it was very hot. Those with small ecological footprints (the unairconditioned) could be seen outside of their hot boxes, muttering mad-talk on...
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The grey areas of ad creep
I came across three advertising campaigns that are worth noting. The first is a City of San Francisco outreach campaign to property owners asking them to...
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The aesthetics of wind power
I recently read an interesting article on the aesthetics of wind turbines. I’m going to come out and plead ignorance — I had no idea people...
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Underground parking, skateboard parks, tourists in own city
In the Star today: The price of underground parking: A Star reporter takes a look at the disappearing surface parking lots in Toronto and lauds the...
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Freight Derailment Cripples GO Train Service
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The Toronto Star is reporting that a freight derailment near Royal York Road has suspended all GO Train service out of...
By James Bow
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered