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Waterfront takes next step
From the Toronto Star today: Today, an old cement block warehouse will come tumbling down on King St., east of Toronto’s downtown. The demolition of...
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Google and transit
We had this recent post about the TTC and Google getting together to make a trip planner map called Google Transit. Portland is the only city currently...
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Roman Graffiti
In Rome, some of the graffiti is in Latin! Admittedly, this one was near some university buildings. My friend Jess helped me translate it – it means...
By Dylan Reid -
Public Art Abuse?
I was walking past the parkette at the S-E corner of Bloor and Spadina on Thursday night about 7:00 when I saw three guys on bikes riding on, leaning on...
By Dylan Reid -
Help Wanted: [murmur]
[murmur] is looking for help. We’ve got a bunch of new projects on the go, and need someone to help us manage it all. Please get in touch with us if...
By Shawn Micallef -
Congestion Inflation
The Toronto Star reports that congestion is costing us $2.3B-$3.7B a year and that the new provincial budget is planning to spend $1.2B to invest in...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Whitewashing
The Guardian reports that Melbourne’s street art scene is being culture cleansed for the Commonwealth games. Meanwhile adidas is giving up some of...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Province Complicates York University Extension With Money
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. Despite the highlights of Ontario’s recently announced budget, and despite earlier indications that the York...
By James Bow -
Sit-in at Parkdale’s Globe
Some community members of Parkdale are a little upset that the new World Peace Monument does not include benches. They claim the Parkdale BIA purposely...
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How to take the zazz out of Pizzazz
On a day when transit advocates like myself should be cheering (see money influx from Ontario budget announced today), I want to highlight a transit...
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Is Thunder Bay Worth $180 Million?
It may be before the starter’s gun, but Siemens has brought forward a bid to build 232 subway cars to replace old cars on the TTC’s fleet. The...
By James Bow -
Update on destroyed sidewalk carving
A quick update on the sidewalk carving destroyed by City staff on Wednesday. James from Broken Pencil who originally tipped us off, says “I watched...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered