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Flying the Blue Flag
In the last two weeks, both Eye and NOW have covered the Blue Flag project going on at some of Toronto’s beaches. Spacing editor Dale Duncan also...
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Dundas Square – worst of both worlds
The City of Toronto has agreed to start paying the operating costs of Dundas Square – including those security guards – but the space is still...
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Lakeside
Our very smart friends over the Toronto Environmental Alliance are getting into the cultural game with the opening on their art show Lakeside. The event...
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European talking about walking fest
The Swiss are hosting the 6th International Conference on Walking in the 21st Century, on the theme of “Everyday Walking Culture.” “The...
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Make your own Toronto brand
In response to the dreadful and much-maligned new Toronto Brand, the Globe and Mail is offering to publish alternative branding ideas. “Send in your...
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Toronto Trolls
The Toronto Troll project is currently running at Mercer Union. They’re going to do art stuff in the city at night to remind us that the city still...
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Dufferin Grove + Little Malta
Spacing editor and flaneur Shawn Micallef wrote the City article for Eye this week. And a nice little piece on Dufferin Grove in the “Wandering...
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Vienna goes ad-free
All the signs in a popular Vienna shopping district have been swathed in bright yellow fabric as part of an art project designed to spark debate about...
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In no way removed
While parks are recreational spaces where an individual or group can take a break from the urban environment, the parkette’s natural environmental...
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The Halftone Conspiracy
The Halftone Conspiracy is a collaborative poster project. Monthly, the co-conspirators gather, with posters they’ve created in hand, to transform a...
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Designing Toronto’s Streets
The city of Toronto is currently engaged in setting design standards for new local residential streets in Toronto (not main streets). They are conducting...
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Public Art in Vancouver Alleys
A group called Space Agency has organized a temporary public art project for alleyways in Gastown for a weekend in August. http://www.spaceagency.ca/event.htm
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered