Streetscape
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Thursday’s Headlines
• 7,000 expected for Toronto trek [ Toronto Star ] • Time to get smart about Smart Growth [ Toronto Star ] • New speed bumps way too high ...
By Julie Yamin -
Utility poles and free speech
In today’s Toronto Star, writer Murray Whyte examines the current state of postering in the city and discovers that the corporate advertisers are...
By Spacing -
Obsessing about sidewalk stamps
Spacing publisher Matthew Blackett has some serious infrastructure fetishes. He wrote about his obsession with sidewalk stamps in Spacing’s first...
By Spacing -
Snack Chats: The implications of street vending
When: Wednesday May 16 – Designing a vending cart and vendors’ experiences Where:: 125 Bond Street, Room 201 HEI, Ryerson University When...
By Sarah Magwood -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Why waterfront revival will fall short of brilliance [ Toronto Star ] • It’s OK to think it’s ugly [ Toronto Star ] • Fed up...
By Julie Yamin -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Cab motion almost sent off by muffins [ Toronto Star ] • Rider poll to rate repairs, cleanliness [ Toronto Star ] • Engineers put new...
By Julie Yamin -
Ward 21 bike facilities – public meeting May 2
This map, courtesy of biketoronto.ca, shows the proposed (dashed) and existing (solid) cycling infrastructure in Ward 21. Bike lanes are red, signed on...
By Tammy Thorne -
Street furniture winner announced
The winner of the street furniture contract was announced this morning — Astral Media. While I found Astral’s designs to be the least...
By Matthew Blackett -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: April 19 2007
Spinning garbage numbers OK, so Toronto may be slow to build bike lanes. And our transit system could use a lot of work. And, sure, our mayor may not be...
By Dale Duncan -
Still waiting to hear from CBS Outdoor…
We enter day two without a response from CBS Outdoor on why they used a Spacing cover in their street furniture renderings (we’ve now sent three...
By Matthew Blackett -
King street ROW community meeting Wednesday night
On Wednesday April 18th, 2007 at 7:30 p.m., there will be a Community Consultation Meeting regarding Dedicated Streetcar Lanes on King Street West. The...
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Thanks but no thanks, CBS Outdoor
Earlier this week, Spacing Wire reader Gloria Tu pointed out to the editors of Spacing that CBS Outdoor’s proposals uses the cover of...
By Spacing