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Urbanist’s Guide to Toronto Events: Oct. 11-17
TUESDAY Fracking and Its Hazards for the Environment Where: Annette Library (145 Annette St) When: 7:00pm What: Discussion with Tara Seucharan Cost: Free...
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To interchange or not to interchange: Spadina vs. St. George?
Toronto’s four subway routes are easy to navigate. Trains always run the same routes and there are only five interchange stations. Switching lines is...
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Magna Carta special: Fall 2015 Edition of Fort York’s newsletter Fife & Drum
The fall edition of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum was released last week and is a special one as the Magna Carta exhibit...
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LORINC: Why this Canadian election is like no other
As Stephen Harper’s Conservatives inflict their limbic system politics on voters who are somehow unable to see themselves as pawns in the hands of a gang...
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Urbanist’s Guide to Toronto Events: Oct. 4-10
SUNDAY Ashbridges Bay: The Natural and Human History of a Wetland Where: Northrop Frye Hall (73 Queens Park Crescent) When: 2:30pm What: Talk with Joanne...
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How the Eaton Centre nearly wrecked Old City Hall
Ever since Toronto city council moved over the street in 1965, Toronto hasn’t quite known what to do with Old City Hall. The exquisite heritage...
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Growing the community-building power of our parks
By Dave Harvey and Jake Tobin Garrett Just over two years ago, City Council approved a five-year Parks Plan. The plan was created with the input of...
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Awe in the city
The study of awe — the kind of jaw-dropping experience that makes you recalibrate your understanding of the world — originated with natural phenomena...
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Beyond threatening tweets: students tackle campus safety
Last year it was accusations of post-secondary institutions failing female sexual assault victims. The year before that it was rape chants. And this year...
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Toronto flirts with participatory budgeting
This fall, Toronto residents — not bureaucrats or politicians — will decide if the city adds benches along Danforth Avenue, lighting improvements in...
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How to stop billboard proliferation along our highways
As the Ontario government considers allowing digital billboards on Ontario’s highways, community activists from across North America are gathering...
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Why we need youth-created art in public spaces
At the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal on Queen’s Quay West, a colourful, 80-foot mosaic stretches the length of the pedestrian walkway. Fragments of glass...
By Lana Hall
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered