Walking
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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...
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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 -
UofT students are taken for a (good) ride
UofT students have proven that they are, indeed, very smart. Last week, full-time UofT students voted “yes” to fund Bikechain, an educational...
By Tammy Thorne -
Public Dublin
Though only in Dublin a very short time, I got the feeling it’s a happy city. And a public one. The streets in the city centre are absolutely full...
By Shawn Micallef -
Brain-enriching upcoming events
Here are a couple of interesting events coming up later this month: On Thursday March 22nd, 2007 Moving the Economy, with the support of Transport Canada...
By Dylan Reid -
Madison, Wisconsin named most walkable US city
Madison, Wisconsin was named the most walkable city in the US in a recent ranking of the walkability of the largest 100 US cities, with Austin, Texas and...
By Dylan Reid -
Rally for Kyoto this Sunday
Canadians for Kyoto have organized rallies this Sunday in Toronto, London, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria, Ottawa and Halifax so that you can...
By Tammy Thorne