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Animated Toronto subway map contest winner!
submitted by Drew Jones • view it larger You picked it! We have a winner in our animated Toronto subway line contest. Its Drew Jones! A few weeks...
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Sighting: automatic stop calls on a streetcar
Last night, as I came home on the Spadina streetcar, I enjoyed my first experience of automatic stop calls on a streetcar. Finally, after all these years...
By Dylan Reid -
The Art of Parking
Editor’s Note: Thus continues the investigation into the many parking lots of downtown Hull by Spacing’s Ottawa/Gatineau Region correspondent...
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Mid-Week Headlines
MATADOR CLUB: • Is it closing time for the Matador? [ Toronto Star ] • 43 years of history vs. 20 parking spots [ Toronto Star ] MISSISSAUGA...
By Sean Marshall -
The Bathurst Street Bridge
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef has an essay about the Bathurst Street Bridge in today’s Toronto Star Ideas section: The bridge is about as...
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TTC subway growth animation contest finalists!
We’ve had a number of great submissions for our impromptu TTC subway growth animation contest. So many good submissions, in fact, that we...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC typography and advertising domination
The ever-thorough Joe Clark has two excellent posts that you should definitely know about. The first post involves a lengthy look at the TTC’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
The growth of New York’s subway system
Check out this New York City subway map — it shows the growth of the subway system in order of the year each line was constructed. What’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
Lower Bay station infiltrated by Italians
On Thursday night film types descended into the abandoned Lower Bay Station for a TIFF party thrown by the Italian Trade Commission to celebrate the...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Reflections on lives hidden in full view [ Toronto Star ] • Miller wants quick vote on new taxes [ cbc ] • Miller renews tax pitch ...
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The Media vs. Miller
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly’s Ontario Election 2007 blog. This morning’s press conference to launch Mayor David Miller’s campaign to...
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Thursday’s Headlines
• Dog owners not stooping to scoop in children’s park [ Toronto Star ] • TTC hikes metropass fare [ Toronto Star ] • TTC wants...
By Julie Yamin