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  • Keeping Segways off sidewalks

    Following a resolution by the Toronto Pedestrian Committee in April against allowing Segway scooters on sidewalks, the local distributor started a...

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  • Who’s Driving the City?

    While London is installing solar powered lighting in its busstops and New York is putting thousands of new bus shelters, newsstands and, public washrooms...

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  • Today is CarFree Day

    Without the financial support of City Hall, Torontonians are holding their own Car Free Day. Thursday, September 22nd is World CarFree Day and...

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  • Pedestrian posters

    The City of Toronto recently launched a new set of posters aimed at making drivers more aware of pedestrians. The posters feature cars being damaged when...

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  • 12 Lessons from 12 Cities

    The Globe and Mail’s Tralee Pearce offers Mayor Miller some tips from other cities ranging from free wireless networks, public events, wind powered...

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  • Walk in Leslieville

    Saturday September 10th • 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Join Todd Irvine, a professional arborist from LEAF and his guest, City Councillor Paula Fletcher, for a...

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  • Toronto City Hall is turning 40

    Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:30 – 10 pm The September 1965 opening of the newly designed City Hall marked an era of architectural experimentation...

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  • Sewell on street signs

    John Sewell writes in Eye this week about the erection of the re-designed street signs. Over the past year he has had a very difficult time getting City...

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  • Toronto Psychogeography Society

    The Toronto Psychogeography Society likes to walk around Toronto (and other places too). Sometimes we post our city-wandering thoughts to our...

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  • Walking LA

    A woman named Lisa Salem is trying to walk all over Los Angeles, without going back home, with only a camera-fitted baby stroller sparsely packed with a...

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  • The newspaper box question

    Do newspaper boxes clutter, enhance or privatize public space? Read all about it: Spacing‘s own Dale Duncan has analyzed the newspaper box question...

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  • Tree Pit Gardening Angels come forward

    The gardening angels responsible for the Spadina tree pits in bloom have come forward – it’s urbanspace Property Group, who are responsible...

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