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A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor

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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

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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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Archives /// Todd Irvine

Tree Tuesday: London plane tree of Berkeley Castle

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. ————————————————————————— St. Lawrence neighbourhood tour: Stop 2 This hidden getaway features a beautiful London plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia) in ...

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Tree Tuesday: Towering Carolina poplar

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. ——————————————————————— Bain Co-op Tree Tour: Stop 3 Reaching nearly 100 feet into the sky, dwarfing the buildings below, this Carolina poplar (Populus ...

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Bendale Tree Tour

Join the Toronto Tree Tours - A partnership between LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee - and the Highland Creek Community Stewardship Project this Sunday for a tour through the colourful changing leaves of Scarborough's historic Bendale Village. The tour will take people through the beautiful Birkdale ravine framing the meandering Highland Creek and visit two of the city's oldest residences. Participants will hear about the great flood of August 2005 and learn of local efforts to restore the banks of the creek with native plantings. We will stroll by historic oak ...

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Tree Tuesday: Guerilla gardening

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. ——————————————————————— St. Lawrence Neighbourhood: Stop 9 The pretty flower garden in this public boulevard was planted by the resident, a ...

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Tree Tuesday: Big old bitternut

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Trinity Bellwoods and neighbourhood tour: Stop 6 At the corner of the tennis courts to the southeast of the ...

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LEAFy Drinks

Are you passionate about Toronto's urban forest? Do you enjoy a nice beverage? Join LEAF staff and volunteers for a pint at the Victory Cafe on October 4th to christen their first LEAFy Drinks, a new monthly social event. If you're looking for ways to get involved, volunteer, or just meet others who share your love of Toronto's trees, this is the night for you. We'd love it if you could RSVP [liza@leaftoronto.org] to help with our planning, but please feel free to just show up as well. Date: Thursday ...

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Tree Tuesday: A Norway maple tied in knots

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

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Tree Tuesday: More dangerous than it looks

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

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Tree Tuesday: Crombie Park

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...

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Tree Tuesday: Development’s give and take

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Trinity ...

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