Urban Design
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Stroll: Yorkdale Mall
This week’s Stroll column in Eye Weekly took us to Yorkdale Mall. While not a true public space, it’s a major public-private place in Toronto...
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SPACING POLL: Is Filmport’s new HQ a landmark or mistake?
The local media blogworld is vastly different that the traditional media world — we like each other. Spacing often receives emails from our...
By Matthew Blackett -
Out on his Ashton; Heaps gets promoted
Mayor David Miller asked for and received Councillor Brian Ashton’s resignation from City Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday, as...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Yonge’s Unofficial Caribana Parade Tonight
Once a year Detroiters of a certain age get excited to drive, or watch, the Woodward Dream Cruise reenacting and reliving their glorious 1950s and 60s...
By Shawn Micallef -
Friday’s headlines
• Don’t feed the parking metres on Monday [ Globe and Mail ] • A good weekend to leave the car behind [ Toronto Star ] • Aging...
By Matthew Blackett -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Queen W. condo plan a fine mess [ Toronto Star ] • A broadside from 905 [ Toronto Star ] • Tory urges council to seek audit before...
By Sean Marshall -
OMB’s ruling called into question
Cross-posted from Eye Daily Think the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) makes bad decisions? A ruling made at Divisional Court released last Friday confirmed...
By Dale Duncan -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• It’s time to drop the gloves and fight back [ Toronto Star ] • Group vows to squeeze cash from Queen’s Park [ National Post ...
By Sean Marshall -
Clubland by the numbers
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. The issue of Toronto Life now on newsstands features an article by Denisse Balkissoon on the crowds that swarm the...
By Dale Duncan -
And then there were 24?
First Brian Ashton and now Gloria Lindsay-Luby? Lindsay-Luby, a member of City Council’s executive committee, discussed her angst about the land...
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Saturday’s headlines
• MILLER: What kind of city do you want? [ National Post ] • Miller ally wavering on tax plan [ Toronto Star ] • Same fight for Toronto...
By Matthew Blackett -
Update: Vacant Lot Theme Park cancelled
Vacant lots in Toronto have been the subject of more than a few articles and art shows in recent years. On Saturday night a group of artists are holding...
By Shawn Micallef