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Union on two wheels?
Today’s Globe and Mail has an interesting article on the drive to unionize Toronto’s bike couriers. As it stands, most couriers earn about...
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The Barren Poles of Calgary
There’s a lot of cultural stuff going on Calgary — it isn’t all cows and oil — but you would hardly know it walking down the...
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Eco-Feedback
Environmental effects are not always as dramatic as Katrina. Often we forget about our affect on the ecosystem as it is slow to change or even invisible...
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Community transformation examples
The Sierra Club has an interesting feature on its website which allows you to flip through images of reimagined intersections in suburban sprawl areas...
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The High Cost of Free Parking
Terrence Belford writes a rather one-sided article about Toronto’s impending parking crisis in the Globe. What is bad news to the Globe: That is the...
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Metro Art
John MacFarlane writes about the art of the Montreal Metro in the Gazette: At $2.50 for a cash ticket, Montreal’s metro system is probably the...
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Spacing sponsors photoblog presentation
Spacing is sponsoring a presentation on Toronto-area photoblogs this coming Sunday at the Yorkdale Apple Store. Some of the city’s most...
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Enemies of the Ordinary photo exhibit
Opening Night: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 “Enemies of the Ordinary” A photographic exhibit by The Toronto Urban Exploration and Adventure...
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Wild Capitalism Hunting Games in Calgary
I’m in Calgary for the Art City festival. We’ve set up three [murmur] sites out here. Calgary isn’t the place I thought it was. Very car...
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12 Lessons from 12 Cities
The Globe and Mail’s Tralee Pearce offers Mayor Miller some tips from other cities ranging from free wireless networks, public events, wind powered...
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Walk in Leslieville
Saturday September 10th • 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Join Todd Irvine, a professional arborist from LEAF and his guest, City Councillor Paula Fletcher, for a...
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Toronto City Hall is turning 40
Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:30 – 10 pm The September 1965 opening of the newly designed City Hall marked an era of architectural experimentation...
By Chris Hardwicke
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered