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St. Clair ROW, Nathan Phillips Square, & the ROM condos
The Toronto Star had a few articles today that directly relate to some of the issues we’ve been covering here lately on the Spacing Wire. 1. St...
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Cyclist memorial
This is an image captured at the memorial for Ryan Carriere, who was killed last Monday, October 31, at the intersection of Queen Street W. and Gladstone...
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Contested Streets
Contested Streets: Breaking NYC Gridlock is a full length documentary film that explores the rich diversity of New York City street life before the...
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Plan – What Plan?
Bike Toronto has the low-down on the Bike Budget. A report to council [pdf] is recommending the proposed 2006 bike plan budget (red line) would have no...
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Urban Pillow Fight
Feathers fly and teddies soar as you converge on Dundas Square for a massive urban pillow fight! Swing and whack as you evade pillow-wielding foe. This...
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TTC wants some pizzazz (and other transit stuff)
A few items on The Better Way 1. The TTC is running a contest called Pizzazz Me! They are using TTC Chair Howard Moscoe as the face of the campaign...
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Random Act of Pole Art
People complain when utility poles are decorated with posters, but I doubt anyone complained when these utility poles at the corner of Cross and...
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Memorial for killed cyclist
Candlelight Memorial for cyclist Ryan Carriere When: Monday November 7th, 2005; 7:00 p.m. Where: Queen and Gladstone Toronto cyclists were saddened to...
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Design for the Cold
Toronto is a winter city, but we often don’t like to admit it, and as a result, our public spaces are often designed so that they’re only...
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Still We Ride
Check out the screening of the film Still We Ride documenting the politics of the critical mass ride in NYC. The film highlights the ongoing struggle to...
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The end of walking?
Spacing Wire reader Simon Bryan recently emailed us and said he enjoyed our links and commentary on the possibility of the Segway hitting Toronto...
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Bendale: About Place
In the Globe and Mail’s Real Estate section yesterday, Dave LeBlanc, the Architourist, wrote a piece about the Virtual Museum of Canada exhibit...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered