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A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor

"A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor" Comparative...

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STREET SCENE: Linux Cafe

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Farm Friday: Evergreen Brick Works

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SPACING VOTES WEEKLY: Coach Ford, Smitherman walks & a heated TV debate

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SPACING RADIO: Smitherman talks walking, while walking

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IDEAS FOR TORONTO: Infrastructure referendums

The Toronto City Summit Alliance held a roundtable...

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Bike parking takes over car parking spaces

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Cities for People — New Toronto design intervention

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LORINC: Greenwashing by any other name

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World Wide Wednesday: Maps, Trains, Trikes and Three Million on the A40

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Friday’s Headlines

A boost for Leslieville, and all of us [ Toronto Star ]
5 Things you need to know about: The city's $250,000celebration [ National
Post ]
Toronto rises to number 11 in the ranks of world financialcentres [ National
Post ]
Zen and the art of building the city we will become [ Toronto Star ]
Stop the Sheppard LRT, business group says [ National Post ]
Vehicle tax falls short as revenue booster [ Toronto Star ]
Miller blames province [ Toronto Sun ]
Countrywide bottled-water ban expected at all municipal facilities [ National Post ]
Ontario's war on carbon [ National Post ]
175 reasons to love Toronto [ Toronto Star ]
Ex-mayors celebrate city's changing face [ Toronto Sun ]

 

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Not relevant to above, but for the the last two days Firefox has crashed everysingle time I've navigated to the Spacing Wire website. Is this a known issue? Others having this problem?

Comment by Andy
March 6, 2009 | 8:26 am

I am using Firefox and have had no such problem.

Comment by Brent
March 6, 2009 | 9:53 am

Kuitenbrouwer again dumps on Sheppard East, surprise, surprise.

As a resident who lives close to "Sheppard East Village" I can say the area needs the kind of revitalization an LRT can bring.

I realize the importance on gathering different viewpoints. But I think there has been an over-emphasis on the National Post recently.

Comment by spacer
March 6, 2009 | 11:28 am

I have "faith" that the money for the Sheppard LRT line and cars will come. So simply get on with it.

*And i'm not a religious man.

PS-No problems with my Firefox either.

News about plans for the Yonge Street Strip and the pedestrianization of Gould:

• iPod, iPhone and soon iYonge St. [ Toronto Star ]

I'd also like to direct readers to Joe Fiorito's TOStar article above. Very interesting take on Toronto's development as a city.

I lived near St. Clair West station during the construction: it sucked and it sucked just about forever. The city need these LRTs (we need more subways more, which we won't get) but the pace on St. Clair makes businesses worry they'll be bankrupt before it is finished: a reasonable concern.

If they got all their planning and financial ducks in a row, and got it built in one construction season, there'd be a lot less concern. Giambrone and the like can't be surprised at opposition to incompetence that costs livelihoods.

Comment by jamesmallon
March 6, 2009 | 6:02 pm

@spacer, I think this is because the NP through Posted Toronto generates a lot of Toronto-centric material. Whether you agree with the viewpoint there's little point in ignoring the copy.

Here's hoping the Star rebrand brings similar focus. The Globe throws Toronto stuff under National much of the time and ever since they rebranded from Toronto Globe and Mail it seems to me they don't want to look like they pay too much attention to this city, Barber excepted.

 
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