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Taxing Parking
While the TTC is begging the provice for money – Vancouver’s transit authority Translink is getting beat up about their parking tax. If only...
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York University Subway Extension is a Go
The Toronto Star is reporting that the provincial government will announce funding to extend the Spadina subway from Downsview to York University in...
By James Bow -
Adscape
What is the geographic impact of advertising on our cities? We know that advertising pervades our urban environment but what would a map of advertising...
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Calling all public space geeks!
Next week in the east end, some urban planning students and others who just happen to enjoy talking about the city are kicking of a casual late...
By Dale Duncan -
Toronto the Good & Wire Free
The Star is reporting on a Toronto Hydro wifi initiative that may or may not be a thorn in the side of Ted Rogers. Mayor David Miller will join Toronto...
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Hamilton Raises the Hammer
In 2004 a group of citizens in Hamilton started an online magazine called Raise The Hammer “dedicated to providing a variety of views and approaches...
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Yorkdale Rainbow
In Saturday’s Globe and Mail John Barber wrote about the “Yorkdale Rainbow,” or rather Arc en Ciel, the neon artwork by Michael Hayden...
By Shawn Micallef -
Naturalized Water Cleaning Planned for Toronto
Toronto is planning to establish a wetland in a neglected spot of public land near High Park that will clean stormwater before it is dumped into Lake...
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Active 18 design charrette
Originally posted on March 1st. This afternoon, Active 18 — the Queen West West community group that’s formed to provide a voice for residents...
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SPACING: voted best indie magazine in Toronto
The results are in from BlogTO‘s Best of Indie Toronto survey, and Spacing was voted the city’s best independent magazine. Thanks for voting...
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Reading Toronto post: ad nauseam
An article from yesterday’s National Post has been cross-posted on Reading Toronto’s website. It focuses on how Toronto’s planning...
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Commentary: It’s Time to Break Up the Queen Streetcar
The Queen streetcar remains one of the TTC’s most prominent and well-travelled routes, but it is a shadow of its former self. Twenty-five years ago...
By James Bow
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered