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This Weekend, The Bottom of Yonge, for your pleasure
Tonight there is reason to go to the foot of Yonge Street. More specifically, a parking lot on the south side of Queens Quay. There, between 6-9pm...
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Fair or fare? Who pays at the turnstile
The TTC union says it does not want fare collectors to demand money at the farebox if they think it will put them in danger. Howard Moscoe, chair of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Working out
According to the recent news: we are all working too much. Perhaps we are trying to save up for a new condo in the sky? Because soon only the affluent...
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From Scorchers to Alley Cat Scrambles
There is an opening reception for “From Scorchers to Alley Cat Scrambles: the amazing history fo the bicycle in Toronto” tonight from...
By Matthew Blackett -
Trees in the Sky
Why do so many Toronto street trees die, but as Detroit Blog shows, trees can grow just fine on the top of abandoned skyscrapers. Maybe if we abandoned...
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The articles of John Lorinc
Toronto-based journalist John Lorinc wrote a great piece for us on R.C. Harris in our Winter 2006 issue. His work has appeared in the Globe and Mail and...
By Matthew Blackett -
Wealthy Walking
The City of Toronto is announcing today that the project for revitalizing the high-end shopping strip along Bloor West from Church Street to Avenue Road...
By Dylan Reid -
$100 million for Union station
The Toronto Star is reporting the City and province will be announcing $100 million in funding for transit improvements to Union Station. Tim McGran...
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69 TTC stations photo project
Check out this neat project called 69 TTC Stations over on Flickr between Torontoist and Toronto photoblogger David Topping. He’s going to a...
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Sleeping beauty . . . and a new flag?
The Star‘s Christopher Hume writes that the addition of a Sobey’s supermarket to the Queen’s Quay terminal is helping wake up the...
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Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington
Based on extensive community consultation in the fall of 2005, the Kensington community again supports Pedestrian Sundays in 2006. This year, the...
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Some of the news that is fit to print…
In today’s Globe Toronto section, there are two articles of note, indirectly or directly related to things that sometimes are noted on this wire...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered