Streetscape
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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...
By Tammy Thorne -
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 -
New twist in street furniture saga
There’s been a new twist in Toronto’s street furniture saga. Illegalsigns.ca, a local outdoor advertising watchdog, is accusing on their...
By Matthew Blackett -
My street furniture includes… chalkboards
While debates rage on about the future of Toronto’s sidewalk-styled chesterfields and such, a Halifax art student is taking the question of...
By Leah Sandals -
Hume lays into City’s street furniture plan
The Toronto Star’s Christopher Hume pulled no punches in his column today. He demands that the City refuse all street furniture submissions because...
By Matthew Blackett -
Where in the GTA?
The GTA has a surprising number of walkable, urban outposts, most of which you can even get to without a car, if you’re determined enough. Some GTA...
By Sean Marshall