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Bike Share in Financial Difficulty
Part of a press release found in our inbox: BikeShare, a multiple award-winning bike lending program run by the Community Bicycle Network, must find a new...
By Shawn Micallef -
Feds to discuss emissions with carmakers
From CBC.ca: Environment Minister Rona Ambrose will meet representatives of Canada’s car manufacturing companies on Tuesday in Ottawa, likely to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Streets to Screens tonight
Streets to Screens September 21 Bonus Screening The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same 7pm • Toronto Free Gallery • Free/PWYC...
By Matthew Blackett -
Burning for Sweden
Now that a deadline has been set to stop trucking Toronto’s garbage to Michigan, the problem of what to do with the city’s trash is on the...
By Dale Duncan -
Hume has Stockholm Syndrome, too
Even along the major roadways of Stockholm you find the different types of traffic are separate: bus lanes, car/truck lanes, and a fenced off cycling...
By Matthew Blackett -
Rogue public art hits Disneyland
The BBC reports that graffiti artist celebre Banksy (hey, how many graffiti artists have their own monographs?) hit the Rocky Mountain Railroad at...
By Leah Sandals -
Vancouver and Victoria public spaces
Andy Reeves will be covering ad creep and streetscape issues during the 2006 election for the Spacing Votes blog. Here’s a report by Reeves from his...
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HUME: show some leadership, Pitfield!
I opened up my copy of the Star today to find a grumpy Christopher Hume. He laid into Jane Pitfield’s platform of tax cuts and hiring freezes. His...
By Matthew Blackett -
Streets to Screens: August 31
STREETS TO SCREENS Toronto Public Space Committee fundraiser The Mayor of Tent City (Canada, 2005 • 53min) Director: Rosalie Bellefontaine &bull...
By Matthew Blackett -
Cambridge Pocket Park
In September 2004, the University of Waterloo School of Architecture relocated into an abandoned factory warehouse in the urban core of Cambridge...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Blackout in Kensington
Today is the anniversary of the 2003 Blackout. Though it was extremely hot that night, it was also one of the best days I have ever experienced. I have...
By Matthew Blackett -
Weekend headlines on public space issues
• Running scared? Why dogs, Gardiner are not election issues [ Toronto Star ] • Ending GTA gridlock tops readers wish list [ Toronto Star ...
By Matthew Blackett