{"id":2436,"date":"2007-10-31T14:09:12","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T18:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2007-10-31T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T21:29:10","slug":"richard-florida-blogging-for-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/10\/31\/richard-florida-blogging-for-the-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Florida blogging for the Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/creativeclass.com\/richard_florida\/richard_florida.jpg\" align=\"right\" height=\"202\" width=\"237\" \/>Noted urban thinker and expatriate American <a href=\"http:\/\/creativeclass.com\/richard_florida\/\">Richard Florida<\/a> moved to Toronto earlier this year to take a position at the Rotman School at U of T and unofficially anoint Toronto as one of the top <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Creative_class\">creative class<\/a> cities in the world. 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