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Subway station revitalization unveiled
Today, the Toronto Community Foundation unveiled its proposal to redesign three subway stations along the University Avenue subway line. Their main goal...
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Community Gardening 101
Yes, the ground is verging on frozen right now, but the people at the Toronto Community Garden Network and Foodshare want to put their winter to good use...
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Toronto’s Governance
There has been much talk recently that the City of Toronto’s governing structure needs to be reformed, and earlier this year the City appointed a...
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Kingston Road LRT
The TTC is proposing a new dedicated streetcar line in Scarborough along Kingston Road to Eglinton and then west to Kennedy station. They are asking for...
By Dylan Reid -
Secret Swing goes missing!
The blog Ryantowne is reporting that the Secret Swing, found between two buildings off of Graffiti Alley, has sustained serious damage. The chains have...
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New York trash for sale
Artist Justin Gignac collects trash from the streets of New York City and carefully packages the litter into a plastic cube. He sells each unique...
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Canadian Blog Awards
It seems the SpacingWire has been nominated for Best Culture Blog in the Canadian Blog Awards. That’s pretty cool. Also nominated in the Best Photo...
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Nathan Phillips Sq. and a GTA transit authority
Two items from the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star: 1. Nathan Phillips Square renovations: In the words of city councillor, and vice chair of the...
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GTA Carpool registry online
The Smart Commute Association yesterday launched Carpool Zone [smartcommute.ca], the first Internet carpool service to help commuters in the Greater...
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First snowfall
Toronto photoblogger Jay Morrison captured the city’s first snowfall while exploring the east end yesterday. Check out his photo essay.
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The Urbs 2005
The Gridskipper is asking for nominations for The Urbs 2005. Urban blogging awards. They define an urban blog as a regularly updated blog site with over...
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Complete the set (subway buttons, that is)
For those of you brave enough to come out to the Spacing Winter 2006 release party tonight, you will have first dibs on the new Sheppard and Scarborough...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered