Streetscape
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Renderings from street furniture submissions
The City of Toronto released renderings from the bidders of the massive street furniture contract. Here are a few images extracted from the PDF, courtesy...
By Matthew Blackett -
Public Dublin
Though only in Dublin a very short time, I got the feeling it’s a happy city. And a public one. The streets in the city centre are absolutely full...
By Shawn Micallef -
Mars Attacks
Anybody out and about on one of Toronto’s east-west streets today between approximately 4-6pm surely noticed that the sunset is perfectly aligned...
By Shawn Micallef -
Boost for pedestrians in 2007 capital budget
I just came back from the capital budget open house at City Hall today, and there is good news for pedestrians in the City of Toronto’s 2007 capital...
By Dylan Reid -
Articles to help kill a Friday afternoon
TRANSIT • GO urges commuters to make own plans as strike looms [ Toronto Star ] • For City, TTC’s a big ticket [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto’s public spaces in the news
TRANSIT • Can GO get going? [ Toronto Star ] • GO unveils strike plan [ Toronto Star ] • TTC, supervisors charged in noxious gas case ...
By Matthew Blackett -
Where in the GTA?
In its march of progress, Toronto and the GTA have consumed many small Ontario towns and knitted them together in one big sprawling quilt. There are still...
By Shawn Micallef -
A bike-tastic vision for the waterfront
Paris bike lane pic by Gadl Last week I attended the first public meeting for the Central Waterfront redesign. I am happy to report that the presentations...
By Tammy Thorne -
Bye-bye monster bins, hello more headaches
EUCAN, the owners of the monster bins and silver boxes, have new owners who are re-branding the company Ecomedia. And the new owners have made every...
By Matthew Blackett -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: Jan. 18 2007
Spacing‘s managing editor Dale Duncan writes a weekly column for Eye Weekly focused on City Hall. Each week we’ll post her columns on the...
By Dale Duncan -
Civic improvements
CBC’s Metro Morning show this morning features an interview with Toronto’s chief planner, Ted Tyndorf, (RealPlayer streaming audio, 4:47...
By Dylan Reid -
ROM seeks free ride
When buildings intrude beyond their private property into public space, they have to pay a small rental fee to the City for that space. The Royal Ontario...
By Dylan Reid