Politics
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We Heart Dufferin Grove Park
Spacing editor Dale Duncan, writes in Eye this week: “From the bus stop outside Dufferin Mall, Dufferin Grove seems like many of the other 1,460...
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Mayor doesn’t need more power
Spacing thinks the most public of public spaces in Toronto should be City Hall. It is where the beacon of local democracy should fly highest. There are...
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Reducing emissions in the GTA
Environment columnist Cameron Smith asks, “Can the progress achieved by the Toronto Atmospheric Fund (TAF) in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in...
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What are we scared of?
We love Christopher Hume. He is a valiant defender of the public realm. Sometimes he gets so excited about his cause that his writing becomes frenetic...
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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...
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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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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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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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The Beautiful City Billboard Fee
Them.ca, a Toronto-based non-profit street art organization, announced today the launch of a new project called The Beautiful City Billboard Fee (BCBF)...
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Great idea, wrong funding model
Could this be a Toronto bus stop? (image is from London’s transit system) Howard Moscoe, TTC Chair, has put forth a great idea — install a...
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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...
By Matthew Blackett