{"id":1502,"date":"2007-02-01T11:52:58","date_gmt":"2007-02-01T15:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:10:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:10:57","slug":"torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto&#8217;s public spaces in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; Can GO get going? [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/177032\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; GO unveils strike plan [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/177168\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; TTC, supervisors charged in noxious gas case [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/177037\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; TTC drives for sleek new streetcars [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2007\/02\/01\/ttc-streetcars.html\">CBC.ca<\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Driving least of TTC drivers&#8217; worries [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20070201.BUS01\/TPStory\/?query=Traffic+is+the+least+of+their+worries\"><em>Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Turn behind the TTC wheel like steering a humpback whale [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20070201.BUSSIDE01\/TPStory\/?query=A+turn+behind+the+wheel+like+steering+a+humpback+whale\"><em>Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Fare increase ruled out, streetcars get green light [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20070201.TORBRFS01-1\/TPStory\/?query=Fare+increases+on+hold%2C+streetcars+get+green+light\"><em>Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Union slams TTC cop plan [ <a href=\"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2007\/02\/01\/3497832-sun.html\"><em>Toronto Sun<\/em><\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>WASTE MANAGEMENT + ENVIRONMENT<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; City&#8217;s top secret trash bins [ <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/177040\">Toronto Star<\/a><\/em> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Green winter paradox [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/Unassigned\/article\/176710\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Peel recycling to go organic [ <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/Unassigned\/article\/176703\">Toronto Star<\/a><\/em> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Greenhouse gases up 90% from coal stations [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/177055\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Street furniture down to three bidders [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20070201.TORBRFS01-2\/TPStory\/?query=Street-furniture+contract+down+to+three+bidders\"><em>Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>DRIVING<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; Life is a highway for these &#8216;burb residents [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/news\/toronto\/story.html?id=980e1e9b-fd99-462d-97ac-b11745aca2f0\"><em>National Post<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; 407 drivers to be rewarded [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/177124\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Commute drives workers mad [ <a href=\"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2007\/02\/01\/3497847-sun.html\"><em>Toronto Sun<\/em><\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>MISCELLANY<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; Varsity sports complex wrong for Bloor: Hume [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/176701\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; AfriCAN: If he builds it&#8230; [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/Life\/article\/174675\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Ryerson picks architect for gallery [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20070201.TORBRFS01-4\/TPStory\/?query=Ryerson+picks+architect+for+photography+centre\"><em>Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Hunt around Fort York [ <a href=\"http:\/\/blogto.com\/sports_play\/2007\/02\/hunt_around_fort_york_for_a_night\/\">BlogTO<\/a> ]<br \/>\n&bull; Lake Ontario Park to be Toronto&#8217;s Stanley Park? [ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readingt.readingcities.com\/index.php\/toronto\/comments\/5757\/\">Reading Toronto<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p><em>photo of Grenadier Pond by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/55001426@N00\/\">David Michael Lamb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSIT &bull; Can GO get going? [ Toronto Star ] &bull; GO unveils strike plan [ Toronto Star ] &bull; TTC, supervisors charged in noxious gas case [ Toronto Star ] &bull; TTC drives for sleek new streetcars [ CBC.ca ] &bull; Driving least of TTC drivers&#8217; worries [ Globe and Mail ] &bull; Turn<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Toronto&#8217;s public spaces in the news&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,21759,13,24,32,9,8,5],"tags":[368,307,4498,23,1814,27,313,641,4497,947,461,19,341,1642,4496,496],"class_list":["post-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-features","category-green-space","category-history","category-streetscape","category-traffic","category-transit","category-waterfront","tag-architect","tag-cbc","tag-david-michael-lamb","tag-environment","tag-fort-york","tag-gift-guide","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-national-post","tag-noxious-gas-case","tag-ryerson","tag-stanley-park","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-star","tag-toronto-sun","tag-waste-management","tag-york"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Toronto&#039;s public spaces in the news - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toronto&#039;s public spaces in the news - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TRANSIT &bull; Can GO get going? [ Toronto Star ] &bull; GO unveils strike plan [ Toronto Star ] &bull; TTC, supervisors charged in noxious gas case [ Toronto Star ] &bull; TTC drives for sleek new streetcars [ CBC.ca ] &bull; Driving least of TTC drivers&#8217; worries [ Globe and Mail ] &bull; TurnContinue reading &quot;Toronto&#8217;s public spaces in the news&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-02-01T15:52:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-21T19:10:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Blackett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Blackett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/\",\"name\":\"Toronto's public spaces in the news - Spacing Toronto\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-02-01T15:52:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-21T19:10:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Toronto&#8217;s public spaces in the news\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\",\"name\":\"Spacing Toronto\",\"description\":\"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574\",\"name\":\"Matthew Blackett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matthew Blackett\"},\"description\":\"Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. He is the author, editor, and photographer of 11 books. He is also a graphic artist, product designer, and deeply-committed advocate for Toronto. TWITTER: @MatthewBlackett INSTAGRAM: @MatthewBlackett\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/matt\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Toronto's public spaces in the news - Spacing Toronto","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Toronto's public spaces in the news - Spacing Toronto","og_description":"TRANSIT &bull; Can GO get going? [ Toronto Star ] &bull; GO unveils strike plan [ Toronto Star ] &bull; TTC, supervisors charged in noxious gas case [ Toronto Star ] &bull; TTC drives for sleek new streetcars [ CBC.ca ] &bull; Driving least of TTC drivers&#8217; worries [ Globe and Mail ] &bull; TurnContinue reading \"Toronto&#8217;s public spaces in the news\"","og_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/","og_site_name":"Spacing Toronto","article_published_time":"2007-02-01T15:52:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-01-21T19:10:57+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Matthew Blackett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spacing","twitter_site":"@Spacing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Blackett","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/","name":"Toronto's public spaces in the news - Spacing Toronto","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg","datePublished":"2007-02-01T15:52:58+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-21T19:10:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/376521662_254b713963.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/01\/torontos-public-spaces-in-the-news\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Toronto&#8217;s public spaces in the news"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/","name":"Spacing Toronto","description":"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574","name":"Matthew Blackett","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Matthew Blackett"},"description":"Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. He is the author, editor, and photographer of 11 books. He is also a graphic artist, product designer, and deeply-committed advocate for Toronto. TWITTER: @MatthewBlackett INSTAGRAM: @MatthewBlackett","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/matt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37762,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/37762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}