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Public Meetings Ahead and Behind
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The public will have a chance to discuss what to do about the Scarborough RT at a meeting to be held in the Scarborough...
By James Bow -
The Centre Cannot Hold
The future is in Scarborough! Our friend’s at the Toronto Free Gallery are opening an exhibition that “poses the question—Is our future...
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The winner is The Beach
Over 2,200 people voted on whether to brand their street signs with “The Beach” or “The Beaches” — 58% voted for the...
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Who says Torontonians are cold-hearted?
Who says Torontonians are cold-hearted? BlogTO has a great little post about Annex residents piling carboard boxes and spare sheets below a lamppost. The...
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T.O.’s Expo bid, the Metropass, the suburbs
A few links to articles in the Toronto Star today: With the city set to decide late next month whether to back a bid for the Expo 2015 world’s fair...
By Matthew Blackett -
Nice Cans
I found some nice trash cans today that reminded me of throwing garbage out in the old days. Sometimes I worry that doing all this is bordering on some...
By Shawn Micallef -
Goethe Deconstruction Time Again
If you missed the first panel discussion a month or so ago on Urban Deconstructions currently at the Goethe-Institut (it was very good – they...
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Toronto homeless survey
Jeff Gray writes in today’s Globe and Mail: A controversial one-night city survey of the homeless is set to go ahead this week, despite opposition...
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CommonPlace Drinks
CommonPlace Drinks: For people interested in Toronto’s public spaces WHEN: Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 – 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Dora Keogh’s...
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Bike Share Program in Lyon, France
Spacing contributor Anjali Mishra writes to us about a comprehensive Bike Share program in Lyon, France. “The bike sharing programme in Lyon leaves...
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A Toronto “What If?”
Today’s Toronto Star has a great section called “What If?” It is very much like our “History of our Future” issue from last...
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Vancouver Impressions
Continuing my series of thoughts about public space in other cities, I visited Vancouver for the first time in years earlier this winter. It’s a...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered