The Star
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Alsop: “Toronto needs an affordable housing policyâ€
The Star reports today that a deal has been reached on the development disputes in the Queen West triangle (some other concerns, such as height and...
By Leah Sandals -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: June 22, 2007
Beauty is only skin deep If I had a dollar for every time I heard the term “architectural excellence†referring to development along the waterfront...
By Dale Duncan -
Road tolls, hybrid taxis, retrofits of buildings!
From today’s Toronto Star [ read full article ]: Tolls on Toronto-area highways, a ban on gas-powered lawnmowers and leaf blowers, a requirement for...
By Matthew Blackett -
Buffalo’s waterfront and the opening of the ROM’s Crystal
As a die-hard Maple Leaf fan growing up, I was taught to despise every nearby NHL team, which meant hating Buffalo since it was the Leafs’ nearest...
By Matthew Blackett -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: May 3, 2007
Vote Desmond Cole! Everyone who attended the screening of the documentary City Idol, which had its world premiere April 26 as part of the Hot Docs film...
By Dale Duncan -
The star that obscured Hugh Garner
Update (this originally posted back in early Feb): As one reader commented, this crane crashed last night — which explains why I saw a Wellesley bus...
By Shawn Micallef -
A museum about Toronto finally coming to life?
The Toronto museum, an idea that has been bantied about for years, seems to have found a home: Toronto’s future museum celebrating the city’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
What Is Project Symphony?
A few weeks ago Christopher Hume wrote a piece in the Star about “Project Symphony,” a development planned for the foot of Jarvis Street: A...
By Ian Malczewski -
TTC announces TRANSIT CITY plan
Today at City Hall, the TTC announced its intentions loud and clear: If Toronto is going to become the greenest and most sustainable city in North...
By Spacing -
Toronto on its way to being a Transit City?
The TTC is planning an announcement tomorrow that will highlight the transit authority’s LRT plans for the future (at 10:30am, City Hall, Committee...
By Spacing -
Pothole season has arrived
You may be happy spring has arrived, but many forget that spring time means potholes. No one likes them, and we’d all like to see them fixed...
By Julie Yamin -
UofT students are taken for a (good) ride
UofT students have proven that they are, indeed, very smart. Last week, full-time UofT students voted “yes” to fund Bikechain, an educational...
By Tammy Thorne