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The other side of the OMB
In the Toronto Star today, Christopher Hume writes about the other side of the OMB — when they make decisions that are actually good for Toronto...
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Roadwitching, Toronto-style
Chris Hardwicke posted on the Spacing Wire the last two days about Roadwitching in London and San Francisco. We received the above image from Martin Reis...
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Malta Markings
There’s some neat graffiti here in Malta — but it’s the old fashion kind, with little messages left here and there about love and often...
By Shawn Micallef -
PARK(ing)
The San Francisco based group Rebar created their own roadwitching by renting a parking space for a temporary park. 70% of public land is devoted to the...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Roadwitches
The BBC reports on a campain in Britain to lower speed limits to 20mph in urban areas which highlights some DIY traffic-calming happenings that are...
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Citizen TTC Commissioners
Eye Weekly was inspired by a suggestion by Ed Drass, the transit columnist of the daily commuter paper Metro, that the two seats currently open on the TTC...
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The city revisits the expressway
Like so many roadways of the 1950s and ’60s, Seattle’s I-5 freeway cut through the city and destroyed pedestrian connections between...
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Light poles disappearing in Baltimore
No one is sure why 130 light poles in Baltimore have disappeared.
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Dreams of Front Street
The Union Station precinct study (led by various architects and consultants) held a public meeting tonight to discuss options for re-shaping Front Street...
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Light pollution
Above is a real-time image of the northeast of North America. At night, it clearly demonstrates the amount of light pollution our continent creates...
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BMX park along the waterfont?
Tomorrow evening (Wednesday, December 14) Councillor Sylvia Watson is holding a community meeting to discuss the idea of building a BMX course at Marilyn...
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Vanity Fair and Toronto
Looks like Vanity Fair has a thing for Toronto. On VanityFair.com, Tepper Anderson visits our fair city and discovers the vibrancy of Toronto’s...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered