Walking
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Road to ‘total bikeability’ not clearly marked
The NOW magazine bike panel was certainly an enjoyable precursor to their current bike issue. (The issue includes panelist Tanya Quinn’s open letter...
By Tammy Thorne -
Virtual City Tours
I just found an interesting site called “Virtual City,” where you can pick a location or a route in Toronto and it will show you a photo of...
By Dylan Reid -
Street food is in the air
I’ve often heard people wonder why it is that the only food you can buy from a street vendor in Toronto is a sausage, when the city is full of...
By Dylan Reid -
Pedestrian Sundays expand
The successful Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays are expanding to other neighbourhoods this year. Both Baldwin Street Village and Mirvish Village (on...
By Dylan Reid -
The forgotten other half of Toronto’s Bike Plan
One of the key strategies for a greener and cleaner Toronto proposed in the City’s new clean air plan, Change is in the Air, is to complete the...
By Dylan Reid -
Renderings from street furniture submissions
The City of Toronto released renderings from the bidders of the massive street furniture contract. Here are a few images extracted from the PDF, courtesy...
By Matthew Blackett -
Tap into TO! gives a great tour
Planning on coming to Toronto? don’t have the cash to spend on a bus tour? No problem. Tap into TO! is a greeter program with the City of Toronto...
By Julie Yamin -
A Stroll on the Danforth
Spacing associate editor Shawn Micallef wrote the current lead city article in Eye Weekly about the dramatic topographic and social changes The Danforth...
By Spacing -
This is not a bike path
I had Johnny Rotten stuck in my head Monday night after the West Toronto Railpath (WTR) public meeting: Happiness and sunshine. This is not a love song...
By Tammy Thorne -
Edmonton psychogeography
A few weeks ago I talked to Edmonton Journal writer Laurence Miall, as he was planning to take a psychogeographic walk through that city and was...
By Shawn Micallef -
Rolling out the West Toronto Railpath
At long last, the Railpath is coming! Well, construction will begin “later this year” according the press release (see below.) The West...
By Tammy Thorne -
Thursday’s Headlines
• No ‘fore’ as gold club hacks maples [ Toronto Star ] • Police probe GTA links to U.S. guns [ Toronto Star ] • Driver’s...
By Julie Yamin