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[PHOTO] Chalk balloons, Cloverdale Road
Apr. 24th, 2020 11:26 pm
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links
Oct. 1st, 2019 06:15 pm- blogTO shares photos from Yorkdale Mall during its power outage Saturday.
- blogTO reports that Toronto hosts, by one measurement, one of the biggest housing bubbles in the world.
- The story of how a neighbourhood project painted over the Ossington Laneway, vandalizing the graffiti there, is a sad one. blogTO has it.
- Judging by his filmed confession, the only chance Alek Minassian has to avoid a very lengthy prison sentence is a perhaps-unlikely insanity plea. CBC reports.
- NOW Toronto reports on the climate strike protests held Friday in Toronto.
- The Toronto Star reports on the mass protests held on Sunday to keep homophobic Christians from marching into Church and Wellesley.
- Steve Munro reports on the statistical sleight of hand apparently used to make the TTC Bombardier streetcars of the TTC look better.
- La Presse looks at the challenges facing changing Lachine-Est, here.
- The small New Brunswick town of Hillsborough may lose its only grocery store. Global News reports.
- Guardian Cities looks at the vexed question of how, or if, the Northern Ireland city of Derry should celebrate its political murals.
- Guardian Cities notes that Paris will soon host a substantial rooftop farm.
- Tom van Laer and Elif Izberk-Bilgin at The Conversation explain why reviews of facilities in holy cities, like Mecca, tend to be so inflated.
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Roncesvalles Avenue, the street at the heart of the west-end neighbourhood of Roncesvalles, stands out for its particular density in high-quality public art, the many huge murals lying in plain sight of all.
- blogTO notes a few of the holiday light tunnels up, from Yonge and St. Clair south to the waterfront.
- Rabble asks a useful question: How much does the Toronto public know about plans for the waterfront?
- John Lorinc at Spacing fears much may go wrong in the development of the Toronto waterfront, between a flawed auditor-general's report and the new Ford government of Ontario.
- I must go to this graffiti-lined alley paralleling Ossington starting north of Queen. blogTO reports.
- There may yet emerge a substantial condo development on what is now the parking lot of the Dufferin Mall, to the northeast of the mall proper. blogTO reports.
- Happily, the Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal by the former policeman convicted of killing Sammy Yatim. VICE reports.
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- This Ryan Diduck article at CultMTL taking a look at the MUTEK electronic music festival and Never Apart, evoking what I suppose might be called midtown Montréal, is wonderfully evocative.
- The mayor of Québec City wants to increase immigration to his metropolis, the better to deal with labour shortages. CBC reports.
- Guardian Cities takes a look at the famously Italianate 1930s capital of Eritrea, Asmara. What future does it face as the country opens up?
- Guardian Cities reports on how lethal being a graffiti artist can be in São Paulo.
- This Dara Bramson article at Protocols sharing a first-hand perspective on the revival of Jewish life in Krakow is beautiful.
- The title of the John Sewell review in NOW Toronto, "The Art Of Banksy exhibit is utterly vulgar", sums up the critic's take on the Sterling Road exhibit, the exhibitor, and to some extent even the artist outside of the street.
- Sidney Drmay at Toronto Life concentrates more on the ephemeral Internet commentary, of tweets and memes, surrounding The Art of Banksy.
- Adrian Lee at MacLean's suggests that the mechanics of The Art of Banksy--how the show was mounted, and so on--are perhaps as interesting as the art displayed therein.
- The landlord who destroyed the 5Pointz warehouse in New York City, for real estate development, despite the importance of its graffiti, has been ordered to compensate the art's creators almost seven million dollars. VICE reports.
- Pittsburgh's model of urban renaissance, based on heavy investment in high-tech and education, is still used as a model for cities everywhere. Bloomberg View has it.
- Vancouver has announced plans to remove viaducts and to replace them with towers and park space. Global News reports.
- Saskatoon and Regina, the two leading cities of Saskatchewan, are leading Canada in terms of growth. Global News reports.
- Toronto Life interviews the creators of hit musical Come From Away, come back from New York City to play in Toronto.
- blogTO notes that crowdfunding has saved the Toronto Tool Library.
- Toronto city council backs a bigger tax break for culture hubs like 401 Richmond, the Toronto Star reports.
- Paul Salvatori at NOW Toronto reports on one night--sad, fearful--that he spent in a Toronto shelter for the homeless. Surely the city can do better?
- The Church of the Holy Trinity recently saw a memorial ceremony for the homeless of Toronto. The Toronto Star reports.
- The iconic Leuty lifeguard station, down at Woodbine Beach, was recently tagged with racist graffiti. Police are investigating.
I saw this graffiti in a Church Street establishment's washroom stall and liked it enough to want to preserve it. Having options, choice, is grand.
- Steve Munro shares photos of the ongoing reconstruction of Dundas and Victoria, on the 505 Dundas streetcar route.
- blogTO notes that the steady increase in rental prices in Toronto came to a halt this month.
- John Lorinc at Spacing starts a series speculating on the safety of Toronto hi-rises for seniors.
- Torontoist reports on the achievements and the controversy of a feminist street art event in Parkdale.
Three Star Variety (621 Bathurst Street) caught my eye as I was passing by with the building's colourful graffiti-style painted walls.
[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Jun. 29th, 2017 12:45 pm- The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly considers the various challenges of being an independent person.
- Centauri Dreams considers the possibility of a Mars-mass planet in the Kuiper belt.
- Dangerous Minds notes how the 5Pointz warehouse of NYC, once a graffiti hotspot, has been turned into a condo complex that at best evokes that artistic past.
- Language Log explores the etymology of "sang", a descriptor of a Chinese subculture of dispirited youths.
- The LRB Blog reports on a Border Patrol raid on the No More Deaths encampment in Arizona, a camp that helps save migrant lives in the desert.
- The Strange Company blogs about the mysterious 1829 disappearance of Judge John Ten Eyck Lansing from New York City.
- Unicorn Booty describes three gay Muslim immigrants terrified of the implications of President Trump.
- The Volokh Conspiracy considers pros and cons to the idea of religious arbitration.
- Window on Eurasia suggests that the Qatar crisis is worsening Sunni/Shia tensions among the Muslims of Russia.
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- astronomy,
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- china,
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- graffiti,
- islam,
- language,
- links,
- mexico,
- middle east,
- migration,
- new york city,
- non blog,
- oddities,
- popular culture,
- public art,
- religion,
- russia,
- solar system,
- space science,
- united states
[CAT] "For Monty", on Croft Street
May. 20th, 2017 08:04 pm
This touching Croft Street mural and poem remembers neighbourhood cat Monty.
One special highlight Jane's Walk tour of the eastern side of Harbord Village was the abundance of street art--often bright in colour, sometimes quite ingenious, never unattractive--on the garages and walls of the back alleys of the neighbourhood.
David French Lane, named after the late Canadian playwright, had its fair share.
Croft Street is particularly rich in this density.
David French Lane, named after the late Canadian playwright, had its fair share.
Croft Street is particularly rich in this density.
