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The Bridge
Shadowland, a neat theatre company located on our Toronto Islands, has some festvities planned for tonight called “The Bridge” on Ward’s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Scared of heights
Two articles in today’s Globe and Mail have contrasting arguments about tall buildings in Toronto and their relationship to public space. John...
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What to do with Scarborough RT
There is some real concern about what is going to happen to the aging Scarborough Rapid Transit line. It was built with unique and not-widely used...
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Garbage on our streets
Christopher Hume trashes Eucan’s Monster Garbage cans in today’s Toronto Star: The path to civic greatness is littered with wannabe cities...
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Does Toronto need a design review panel?
John Sewell wrote a column in Eye this week on Toronto’s desire to implement a design review panel for architecture and urban design. There are many...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered