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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...
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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...
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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...
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$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...
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The Yellow Slasher
Bikeshare sent us a press release about many of their bikes being vandelized lately. I suppose it’s one of those things that makes you wonder about...
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Toronto the Good was good
Thanks to all who came out last night to our second annual Toronto the Good party at Fort York. We even convinced Mayor Miller to fire the cannon at the...
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TSA Film Series: In the Public Realm
Toronto Society of Architects Film Series: In the Public Realm May 19, th, 7:30 p.m., FREE Royal Ontario Museum – Glass Room, 4th Floor, 100...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered