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John Sewell on the Real Story Behind the Superhighways
John Sewell: The Real Story Behind the Superhighways, 1930 to Now Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. Reception at 6pm, lecture at 7pm. Starting Monday night at the...
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Postering Project in Montreal
Montreal currently has extremely restrictive postering by-laws. Postering is allowed on construction hoardings (which are private property) and on private...
By Dylan Reid -
Follow-up: French riots and public space
The BBC did a radio program this week following up on the riots in the suburbs of Paris three months ago. At the time, there was some commentary that part...
By Dylan Reid -
Pedestrian concerns all but ignored
Spacing‘s Associate Editor Dyland Reid wrote in NOW this week about the City’s new street standards, and he was quite critical — the...
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More island airport stuff
For many voters, the 2003 city election doubled as a referendum on the island airport. David Miller didn’t want it, John Tory did. Miller won [ as...
By Matthew Blackett -
Who Runs This Town?
New Website Launched Today: Who Runs This Town? With one election over, another is just beginning! In recent years, Toronto’s municipal elections...
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St. Clair right-of-way; follow-up on Waterfront money questions
The St. Clair right-of-way has been back in court the last two days. Save Our St. Clair is still fighting the City on whether the TTC has the right to...
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Island Airport fiacso, 2006
Regional Airline Holdings, the company that has been pushing to run an airline out of the Toronto Island airport, will announce today details of a plan to...
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New twist in motorist vs. courier saga
Since the photo of the courier being assaulted by a motortist has been seen by half a million people online and was on the cover of the Star yesterday...
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Mississauga, Riverdale hospital, delivery trucks downtown, & waterfront money questions
Yesterday, Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star wrote about the international competition for a 52-storey condo tower that will be built on the northeast...
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Blog TO’s Best of Indie Toronto
The good people at Blog TO are running their first Best of Indie Toronto — what’s nice is that Spacing finds itself nominated in the best...
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More on Kensington cyclist-motorist conflict
photos by Adam Krawesky The other day, the Spacing Wire posted about a motorist-cyclist conflict in Kensington Market. This post has become an...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered