Politics
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Development developments
Today the Ontario government proposed new legislation that would give councils and citizens more power to determine what developments go ahead, and...
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Union Station Precinct
The City of Toronto is planning to revamp the precinct around Union Station — one of the most central and busy but also most neglected parts of...
By Dylan Reid -
Greening Toronto’s roofs
Spacing Wire reader Brendan Stewart sent this along: The City of Toronto is currently in the middle of a process to develop a policy that will encourage...
By Matthew Blackett -
Utilitarian canvases
The Spacing Wire posted back on October 7th, 2005 about the work Joe Pantalone’s office is doing with local graffiti artists and Bell utility boxes...
By Matthew Blackett -
The mayor has a challenger
It’s election season, but the focus for Spacing this week is not on the shenanigans of Ottawa politicians, but on the upcoming city elections just...
By Matthew Blackett -
DIPS and other fun at City Hall
New local street standards for Toronto A joint committee of Works and Planning today considered the “DIPS” report from staff which sets...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto’s Governance
There has been much talk recently that the City of Toronto’s governing structure needs to be reformed, and earlier this year the City appointed a...
By Dylan Reid -
Nathan Phillips Sq. and a GTA transit authority
Two items from the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star: 1. Nathan Phillips Square renovations: In the words of city councillor, and vice chair of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Decision by the lake
Christopher Hume writes in the Toronto Star today: “Sometime [Tuesday] at city hall, the much discussed East Bayfront Precinct Plan will finally go...
By Matthew Blackett -
Does the Bike Plan have legs?
As of late, we have been bemoaning the lack of action by the City on its own Bike Plan (for background click here and here). The Toronto Star reports...
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St. Clair ROW, Nathan Phillips Square, & the ROM condos
The Toronto Star had a few articles today that directly relate to some of the issues we’ve been covering here lately on the Spacing Wire. 1. St...
By Matthew Blackett -
Plan – What Plan?
Bike Toronto has the low-down on the Bike Budget. A report to council [pdf] is recommending the proposed 2006 bike plan budget (red line) would have no...
By Chris Hardwicke