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Telephone Booth Takeover
Don't tell Bell: Artists have been transforming Toronto's neglected phone booths into temporary galleries.Phone booths at Dupont Street and Lansdowne Avenue, redecorated as part of the Tel-talk...
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Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world, and considers what Toronto might learn from them. As Olympic tourists trudge along London’s...
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Designers Turn a Parking Space Into a Park
For the first Torontonian edition of (Park)ing Day, a team of designers creatively repurposed a parking space. They fed the meter, of course.A park unlike any other at Queen and Soho Streets. Photo by...
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Ciclovías Open Up Streets, and the City
Urban advocate Gil Peñalosa and councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam are working to bring "open street" periods to Toronto.Ciclovía in Bogotá, Colombia. Photo by Cidades para Pessoas. In the future, people will...
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A Clandestine Café in Trinity Bellwoods Park
For the last several weeks, two local residents have been providing coffee and conversation in a greenhouse, red tape be damned.Trinity Bellwoods’ greenhouse will host its final discussion group this...
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The 2013 Toronto Parks Summit Brings Public-Space Boosters Together
For the third year in a row, Toronto Park People convened a meeting of its members and supporters.igalsc from the Torontoist Flickr Pool The Regent Park Daniels Spectrum was packed on Saturday...
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Cops Are Tops at the 2013 Pug Awards
New vision for a year-round destination includes music venue and waterfront promenade—and doesn't include condos. SHOW CAPTION BACK TO ARTICLE Share on: ✉ 262027 Toronto Police Services 11...
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Toronto Should Say No to More Digital Billboards
Soon council will consider recommendations that would allow more digital billboards in parts of the city where they're currently prohibited. One public-space activist explains why that's...
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The Case for Sticky Streets
City planning expert Brent Toderian wants streets to make passersby stick around.Photo by Scott Snider, from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Brent Toderian, urban design consultant, ex-chief of Vancouver...
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Opinion: Our Transit Agency Shouldn’t Be in the Business of Endangering Drivers
Metrolinx wants to allow eight new giant electronic billboards—right along the 401 and 427. How is an agency that's supposed to make travel better issuing such an absurd proposal? UPDATE: July 11,...
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Public Works: Hanging Out in Public Hammocks
Vienna's travelling hammock house lets visitors kick back, relax, and drink in the urban landscape.Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world,...
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Public Works: Creating a Natural Swimming Pool in the Heart of Berlin
Swimming, boardwalks, and wetlands could transform a bustling Berlin tourist area—and bring the city together with nature like never before.Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and...
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Finding Better Uses for Toronto’s Public Laneways
New non-profit, The Laneway Project, sees Toronto's 2,400 laneways as usable public space, and hopes you will too.Photo by William Kimber, from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Toronto is home to more than...
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Public Works: Pocket Parks Turn Concrete Curbs Into Green Space
San Francisco and London are squeezing tiny recreational spaces into busy urban areas.Public Works looks at public space, urban design, and city-building innovations from around the world, and...
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2014 Hero: The Fort York Neighbourhood
Nominated for: rejuvenating a historic site and the surrounding neighbourhood.Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains—the people, places, things, and ideas that have had the...
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Under the Gardiner, We’ll Be Falling in Love
A new public space is coming to an underpass near you.If you’ve found yourself singing “Under the Gardiner” to the tune of “Under the Boardwalk,” you’re not alone. .@UnderGardiner project will create...
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Shaping Toronto: Public Space Philanthropy
From High Park to Under Gardiner, how private donations shape our public realm.Shaping Toronto looks at the decisions, processes, and trends that form the city we know and love. Winter walk in High...
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Why this Kensington Graffiti Project Displays Hard-To-Look-At Photographs...
A worldwide series that highlights the lowlights of our planet. BY: #Dysturb LOCATION: Kensington Market PHOTO BY: Anonymous FIELD NOTES: Photojournalists from around the world have teamed up to create...
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How Yonge-Dundas Square Can Solve its Programming Gap During The Off-Season
The public square is relatively empty during winter months.Photo by Benedict San Juan from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Yonge-Dundas Square has played host to many of the city’s cultural events and arts...
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Peanut-Free Public Spaces Have Dire Consequences for Food Bank Users
Many low-income Torontonians rely on peanut butter as a nutritious and affordable source of protein, but it has its restrictions.Photo by Phil Marion from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. For Joe, the Fort...
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