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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...
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Complete Streets Photo Contest
Take a photo of a street. It could be anything really, from anywhere: an artistic element you like in Barcelona, a creative use of curbside in Corktown...
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What Amsterdam taught a Torontonian about urbanism
Tulips, windmills, and all those salacious, smoke-filled thoughts aside, Amsterdam is internationally regarded as a haven for urbanism and as a hub for...
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The TORONTO sign: How life imitates graphic design
To the delight of many, it was recently announced that the TORONTO sign in Nathan Phillips Square will remain in front of City Hall until its structural...
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Joe Carter’s World Series-winning dream
The Blue Jays had won the World Series. For the first time in history, Major League Baseball’s championship banner was flying north of the border...
By Adam Bunch
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered