{"id":3470,"date":"2008-08-15T14:08:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T18:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/08\/15\/san-franciscos-urbanist-on-toronto\/"},"modified":"2008-08-15T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2008-08-15T18:08:38","slug":"san-franciscos-urbanist-on-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/08\/15\/san-franciscos-urbanist-on-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco&#8217;s Urbanist on Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spur.org\/images\/newsletter0808.gif\" align=\"right\" height=\"201\" width=\"166\" \/>As has already been noted here on Spacing Toronto, a delegation from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spur.org\">San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association<\/a> (SPUR) visited Toronto for four days in may on a study trip to see how things work up here. Last month we posted <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/07\/16\/toronto-from-a-san-franciscans-perspective\/\">Lawrence Li&#8217;s observations<\/a> on Toronto that generated some good discussion. Now SPUR&#8217;s monthly publication, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spur.org\/newsletter_archive.shtm\"><em>The Urbanist<\/em><\/a>, is out and dedicated to comparing and contrasting Toronto and San Francisco. You can download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spur.org\/newsletters\/0808Urbanist.pdf\">current issue pdf here<\/a> (3.9 MB)&#8211;\u00a0 it&#8217;s worth it to read\u00a0 articles on affordable housing in Toronto;\u00a0 Toronto as a Canada&#8217;s creative city gateway;  geographic comparisons between SF and TO; Toronto&#8217;s orphaned spaces; a &#8220;Lesson from Waterfront Toronto;&#8221; and &#8220;Can a City be a Poem:&#8221; thoughts on Toronto after meeting with our poet laureate, Pier Giorgio Di Cicco. 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