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206 Carlton
The recent sentencing of David Irving to three years in prison for holocaust denial got me thinking about the fortified house at 206 Carlton. This was...
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No need to boycott St. Clair anymore
As we posted yesterday, the St. Clair ROW has been given the legal authority to proceed with construction. Save Our St. Clair (SOS) has 15 days to appeal...
By Matthew Blackett -
St. Clair saved from Save Our St. Clair
Word is leaking out that the TTC and the City have won the battle to start construction on the St. Clair right-of-way. Further links to related articles...
By Matthew Blackett -
The news from NOW and Eye
If you haven’t picked up a copy of this week’s NOW you should try to find the few remaining copies that float around coffee shops or burger...
By Matthew Blackett -
Seven deadly sins of driving
Ian Law of the Car Control School is an enlightened motorist. Check out his opinion piece in the Toronto Star about the seven deadly sins of driving: As...
By Chris Hardwicke -
News on the Wychwood Barns
A bunch of good news for people interested in the development of the old TTC streetcar garage, the Wychwood Barns up Christie, south of St. Clair West...
By Matthew Blackett -
Forget what you knew about Toronto
The National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place is a nice place to shop for boats and check out the latest in hot tub technology, but most of us probably...
By Shawn Micallef -
Café l’Urbanité
Maisonneuve city columnist Christopher DeWolf has restarted his Café l’Urbanité forum site after it was hacked to death last fall...
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Who Rides 33 Forest Hill?
Cross-posted from Transit Toronto: Who rides the 33 Forest Hill? About 750 individuals per day, actually. Though it is one of 62 “poor performing...
By James Bow -
Planning Downsview Park
Located at the edge of the City of Toronto, but in the centre of the GTA, the Downsview Park site could become a significant public space, and one of...
By Laura Hatcher -
TV on transit
You may have noticed that the high-definition video screens are being installed throughout the subway system. About half the screen shows 15 to 30 second...
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Street furniture, pregnant transit riders, and idling busses
A few things from the Star today: 1. An article on street furniture and how the city is about to put a call out for a RFP. 2. An article about pregnant...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered