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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...
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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...
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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...
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Is Toronto ready to grow up?
(all links go to the Toronto Star) Is Toronto ready to grow up? Christopher Hume ponders this qestion in his column today regarding the potential overhaul...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered