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Should Canadian cities install security cameras on streets?
The Globe and Mail runs daily opinion polls, and the question posed the other day was: “Most of London is monitored by police cameras. Should...
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Transmedia 29:59 Launch in Dundas Square
TRANSMEDIA :29:59 A project by Year Zero One Curated by Michael Alstad and Michelle Kasprzak This Wednesday, August 3rd, a programme of one minute videos...
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Public space Saturday
The Globe and Mail had a bunch of interesting articles today. The first article was about the number of stray cats running around in our alleys. Some say...
By Matthew Blackett -
This just in: Gridlock is Bad
John Tory just announced the Ontario Conservative initiative to solve our Gridlock problem. They’ve set up this website, as a place where you can...
By Shawn Micallef -
The Bridge
Shadowland, a neat theatre company located on our Toronto Islands, has some festvities planned for tonight called “The Bridge” on Ward’s...
By Shawn Micallef -
Book launch tonight!
Our friends at the Toronto Public Space Committee are presenting a book launch tonight starting at 7:30pm at the Victory Cafe (on Markham, a block west of...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC to test two-hour tranfer system
The TTC is embarking on a new initiative that will be piloted on St Clair Ave. for the next 18 months. Passengers will be able to request a ‘time...
By Matthew Blackett -
NOW takes on smog
Last week NOW ran an article on the top 10 things Toronto can do to fight smog in the city. The ideas may be unrealistic in the current political climate...
By Matthew Blackett -
Trashing EUCAN bins
Toronto Star columnist Slinger wrote a great piece ripping apart the EUCAN monster garbage bins. And he didn’t stop the blame game there — he...
By Matthew Blackett -
Get out of the city in the city
Spacing managing editor Dale Duncan wrote the cover story for Eye Weekly this week, “Urban Escape: how to get away from the concrete grind without...
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Slow Street Movement
The Toronto Star has two articles about pedestrians today. Slow streets, safer driving? looks at Eric Dumbaugh’s study: “Safe Streets, Livable...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Center for the Study of Pedestrian Culture
“The Center for the Study of Pedestrian Culture is a portal for place-based research and creative projects, focused primarily on the humble and...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered