The Star
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Street furniture, pregnant transit riders, and idling busses
A few things from the Star today: 1. An article on street furniture and how the city is about to put a call out for a RFP. 2. An article about pregnant...
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Some good readings
A few tasty reads for you: here are three recent columns from Christopher Hume at the Star. The first column is about the public art at Toronto’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
More island airport stuff
For many voters, the 2003 city election doubled as a referendum on the island airport. David Miller didn’t want it, John Tory did. Miller won [ as...
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New twist in motorist vs. courier saga
Since the photo of the courier being assaulted by a motortist has been seen by half a million people online and was on the cover of the Star yesterday...
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Editorial on ads vs. art; young pedestrian killed
You know you’ve made it as an effective community group when newspapers start writing editorials about your campaigns. The Toronto Public Space...
By Matthew Blackett -
We’ve been nice (according to the Star)
In Saturday’s edition of the Star, Spacing was placed on the Nice side of the Naughty or Nice list in the their A&E section. They write...
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Subverting graffiti
Christopher Hutsul has an interesting piece in the Toronto Star today about a Sony graffiti promotion in NYC and San Francisco: Graffiti purists are...
By Matthew Blackett -
Gentrify this!
Gentrification is a hot topic in all cities, and the neighbourhoods surrounding Toronto’s downtown core are no exception. Much of the West Queen...
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Subway station revitalization unveiled
Today, the Toronto Community Foundation unveiled its proposal to redesign three subway stations along the University Avenue subway line. Their main goal...
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uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto
In today Ideas section of the Toronto Star, the first essay from uTOpia has been reprinted. uTOpia is a new book from Coach House being released next...
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Pimp my subway ride
If the new streetcar designs that we posted about yesterday weren’t enough to get you hot, check out what the TTC is considering to replace their...
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Planning for bikes
Yesterday in Toronto, the Bikeway Planning and Development Workshop was held at Ontario Place gathering 30 municipal planners and transportation planners...
By Matthew Blackett