{"id":1458,"date":"2007-01-15T15:18:49","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T19:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2007-01-15T22:50:10","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T02:50:10","slug":"civic-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/01\/15\/civic-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/metromorning\/images\/metro_header.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CBC&#8217;s Metro Morning show this morning features an <a href=\"http:\/\/cbc.ca\/metromorning\/media\/20070115HIPJAN15.ram\">interview with Toronto&#8217;s chief planner, Ted Tyndorf<\/a>, (RealPlayer streaming audio, 4:47 minutes) about civic improvements to Toronto&#8217;s public realm introduced in 2006. (It also ends by mentioning my <em>NOW<\/em> magazine article about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/issues\/2007-01-11\/news_story3.php\">meeting places in Toronto<\/a>, with Andy Barrie saying it would be good to have an iconic meeting point.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBC&#8217;s Metro Morning show this morning features an interview with Toronto&#8217;s chief planner, Ted Tyndorf, (RealPlayer streaming audio, 4:47 minutes) about civic improvements to Toronto&#8217;s public realm introduced in 2006. 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