The Star
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Will Munro, 1975-2010: Toronto has lost a great city builder
Very sad news today. After a long illness that he fought longer and harder than any doctor expected, Toronto has lost Will Munro. Will was a cultural...
By Shawn Micallef -
LORINC: No space for public space in this election?
Is it possible that the closest we’ll come to a public space debate during this morbidly fascinating election is a slag-fest over bike lanes real and...
By John Lorinc -
So much for the dream of a public space at Yonge and Bloor
First of all, please stop saying “very unique.” There are no varying degrees of uniqueness; something is either one of a kind or it...
By Jonathan Goldsbie -
LORINC: Doing the Surplus Two-Step
For those who are keeping score, 2010 isn’t the first time the city’s bean-counters delivered an unexpectedly large budget surplus, nor is it...
By John Lorinc -
Lorinc vs. Munro: TTC 2.0 or TTC RIP?
At a packed Board of Trade speech last week, Rocco Rossi vowed that as mayor, he would “put everything on the table” in negotiations with the...
By Spacing -
Wednesday’s headlines
ADAM GIAMBRONE • James: Adam Giambrone should drop out of race [ Toronto Star ] • Audio: Giambrone speaks to The Star [ Toronto Star ] • Emotional Adam...
By Katia Snukal -
Bad days at the TTC are good days for the rest of Toronto
Below is a repost of my Eye Weekly Psychogeography column that appeared last week. The TTC has, obviously, had a bad few weeks (worse than the US...
By Shawn Micallef -
Hong Kong: Traditional markets and walkways in the sky
The Star Ferry passes in front of Hong Kong’s electric skyline Hong Kong is a ceaselessly amazing case study in crowd management. With space at an...
By Marcus Bowman -
TORONTO STAR FRONT PAGE ALL-CAPS FAIL
The Toronto Star today published an article on the front page, with the all-caps headline above the fold, “JAYWALKING CITY“. In the article...
By Dylan Reid -
Shell shock and paralysis
Last week, as pedestrian deaths in the GTA mounted, several media outlets asked me how I felt about this seeming epidemic. I generally replied that I was...
By Dylan Reid -
A week of pedestrian death: any explanation?
As pedestrians deaths have mounted on a daily basis over the past week in the GTA (10 in the past 8 days), I’ve been asked more and more often what...
By Dylan Reid -
World Wide Wednesday: Streetcars, Subways and Bikes
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites...
By Katia Snukal