Waterfront
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More island airport stuff
For many voters, the 2003 city election doubled as a referendum on the island airport. David Miller didn’t want it, John Tory did. Miller won [ as...
By Matthew Blackett -
St. Clair right-of-way; follow-up on Waterfront money questions
The St. Clair right-of-way has been back in court the last two days. Save Our St. Clair is still fighting the City on whether the TTC has the right to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Island Airport fiacso, 2006
Regional Airline Holdings, the company that has been pushing to run an airline out of the Toronto Island airport, will announce today details of a plan to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Mississauga, Riverdale hospital, delivery trucks downtown, & waterfront money questions
Yesterday, Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star wrote about the international competition for a 52-storey condo tower that will be built on the northeast...
By Matthew Blackett -
Island airport debate
The debate for federal candidates held on the waterfront last night showed the animosity towards an Island airport is very much a hot local issue. Nealry...
By Matthew Blackett -
Federal election: Waterfront debate this Sunday
Date: This Sunday, January 8, 2006 Time: Noon to 2pm Place: Harbourfront Community Centre — SE corner of Bathurst St. and Queen’s Quay W. It...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto’s Public Spaces in 2005
Both Eye Weekly and NOW ran excellent 2005 year in review features. Here’s the stuff they pointed out that the Spacing Wire thinks is worth...
By Matthew Blackett -
Reading Toronto
Some might say that the Reading Toronto blog is our competition, but in fact they are our friends. RT offers readers intelligent critique and ideas that...
By Matthew Blackett -
Decision by the lake
Christopher Hume writes in the Toronto Star today: “Sometime [Tuesday] at city hall, the much discussed East Bayfront Precinct Plan will finally go...
By Matthew Blackett -
Squabble on the waterfront
As usual, whenever there is talk about Toronto’s waterfront, sniping and mixed messages are sure to follow. In the Toronto Star today, Christopher...
By Matthew Blackett -
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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Reading Toronto Spits
Guest writer Chris Thomaidis has put up a series of posts on the Reading Toronto blog about the Leslie Street Spit/Tommy Thompson Park. He talks about the...
By Shawn Micallef