The Star
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Lecture on “The New Landscape”
Christopher Hume profiles local landscape architect Janet Rosenberg in the Star today. She says interesting things about the difficulty of creating...
By Dylan Reid -
Expo bid “dead”
The Star is reporting that Toronto’s Expo bid did not get off the ground in time for the noon deadline today, despite a high level of support for...
By Ian Malczewski -
Reverse Graffiti
Reverse graffiti is a practice where the artist creates a design by cleaning grime selectively off a wall, so that the cleaned sections stand out. The...
By Dylan Reid -
10 parts of Toronto that need public art
Tut tut! There is not one but two pieces on public art in the weekend papers. The Star runs a long piece from Peter Goddard about a new public art...
By Leah Sandals -
Rejuvenating the waterfront, one big box store at a time
The land where the Toronto Film Studios sits is one step closer to being taken over by big box retail. Big box store developer Mitch Goldhar now owns a...
By Dale Duncan -
Gardiner details revealed
Cross-posted to Spacing Votes The report that details the future of the Gardiner Expressway was released today. David Miller held an information session...
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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 -
JAMES: New blood needed
Photo of John Sewell by RENE JOHNSTON/TORONTO STAR This is the period during an election where the finer points of platforms are not usually debated in...
By Matthew Blackett -
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 -
Croft Street Reborn
A year ago, I went on a walking tour of the Harbord Village area that ended at Croft Street, an utterly charming, unconventional laneway that was in the...
By Dylan Reid -
“Port Authority Wins”?
John Barber’s column in the Globe today betrays a sense of defeat about the Island Airport issue. You can find it in the Print edition of the paper...
By Ian Malczewski -
Building Neighbourhoods along with Subways
Urban consultant and former councillor Richard Gilbert has a very interesting op-ed in the Star today arguing that each of the proposed new subway...
By Dylan Reid