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Today’s Toronto<\/em> Star<\/em> has a great section called “What If?” It is very much like our “History of our Future”<\/a> issue from last summer. I’m not saying that just to toot our own horn — a number of Star writers contacted Spacing contributors and editors to help shape this section. There are two stories that focus on the same topics and people that appeared in that issue: a feature on Velo-City<\/a>, the elevated bike network stretching out across the city by Chris Hardwicke<\/a> (a Spacing Wire contirbutor), and Graham Lee’s idea about turning the SkyDome into a new housing community<\/a>. Also featured is what Toronto’s subway system could look like<\/a> if we had started to build the network in the early 1900s (the article has quotes from both myself and Spacing Wire contirbutor James Bow of Transit Toronto<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Chris Hutsul, also a Spacing<\/em> contributor and regular Star<\/em> columnist, wants the city to legalize graffiti<\/a> and encourage us to use the city as a canvas. Christopher Hume talks about elevating the architectural quality in the city<\/a>, and there’s a great piece about building business communities around GO stations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I know I spent a few moments the other night dreaming about what I would do if I won $20 million in the Super7 lottery (I didn’t win sadly, but I was really confident I would). It seems Mayor Miller also stays awake at night dreaming about Toronto’s possibilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Too often the people of this city complain and whine about present day concerns with little eye to the future. It is very nice to see the Star<\/em> do some forward thinking because it inspires us to imagine. And possibly strive to turn this city into something even more meaningful than it already is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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