Canada
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Toronto’s First Post Office exhibit at The Market Gallery
Tucked in behind George Brown College’s downtown campus on Adelaide Street at George is Toronto’s First Post Office. Located in a building...
By Shawn Micallef -
Montréal Monday: Design ideas?, immigration, and mega-ads
Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions...
By Mike Bulko -
Friday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Councillor wants to be first to get the call about crimes [ Toronto Star ] • Councillors want calls from cops as crimes happen ...
By Monika Warzecha -
High and lonely in Detroit
I’m sitting on the 54th floor of the Detroit Marriott hotel as the wind shakes this 73-story perfectly round skyscraper, the middle tower of the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Babylon: Myth and Truth – the prototype of the big bad city
When I visited Berlin this June, I was excited to have the opportunity to visit an exhibition I had read about called Babylon: Myth and Truth, at the...
By Dylan Reid -
Campus Perspectives: York University’s Keele Street Campus
When I got off the bus at York University‘s Keele Street Campus I found it difficult to find my bearings. I got off at The Pond Road, next to an...
By Matthew Hague -
Nuit Blanche: Behind the scenes with Blinkenlights
I had occasion to be up in one of the City Hall towers today and got a behind the scenes peek of Blinkenlights’ Nuit Blanche installation...
By Shawn Micallef -
Campus Perspectives: Seneca College’s Newnham Campus
Seneca College is Canada’s largest college, with more than 100,000 students in over 250 full- or part-time programs. Seneca has grown considerably...
By Matthew Hague -
ELECTION 2008: Harper best for cities?
In spite of his government’s outright contempt for Canada’s cities, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are, brace yourself, ranked the best...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Friday’s headlines
TRANSIT • TTC hopes Yonge line running for morning ride [ Toronto Star ] • Fallen subway cable forces thousands onto street [ Globe and Mail ...
By Monika Warzecha -
Montreal and Toronto mayors unite for urban funding
Cross-posted from Spacing Montreal MONTREAL — Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay and Toronto mayor David Miller held a press conference at Montreal City...
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2008 Election(s): Urban rural divide
An essay in the Globe and Mail by John Duffy ran a few weeks ago but is worth reading if you didn’t see it as it explores the way the urban rural...
By Shawn Micallef