Torontoist Villain of 2009: Yonge and Bloor’s Empty Lot
Articles posted 17.12.09Torontoist: Ah, Yonge-Bloor. It's famous for subway passenger guides, its scramble crossing, and... er, a great big hole in the ground.
Articles posted 17.12.09Torontoist Hero of 2009: Citizen Lab
Articles posted 16.12.09Torontoist: If you've suffered a virus attack on your computer at any point, you'll sympathize with the Dalai Lama's plight. His PC was infected with a nasty piece of code that exposed some of his key negotiating documents in talks with China...
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Articles posted 19.11.09Torontoist: Amidst the brouhaha about fare icreases at this month's TTC meeting, one thing that was overlooked was the approval of the design for a Highway 407 station on the new Spadina subway extension. Except—they haven't really decided on the finer points of the design. Did we say "finer points"? We meant "all of it."
Rising TTC fares trigger a riders’ strike
Articles posted 10.11.09Torontoist: What is the noise of two thousand angry TTC commuters? Silence, if Nicole Winchester gets her way.
The future is retro for Steeles West subway
Articles posted 29.10.09Torontoist: What is this? Is it: a. an underground moon base; b. a strange Japanese children's TV programme; c. two vacuum cleaner attachments in a pistol duel, or; d. the new design for Steeles West station on the Spadina subway extension?
Zombie walkers play dead for shuffling success
Articles posted 27.10.09Torontoist: It's a bit early for the dead to rise this month. Toronto's annual zombie walk—the seventh, can you believe—happened a full week before Halloween.
My heart will go on (because it’s been plastinated)
Articles posted 09.10.09Torontoist: Do you want to spend an intimate afternoon in a dark room with some strangers? How intimate do you want to get? Try deep under somebody's skin. Literally.
Queen Street West goes (mostly) carfree
Articles posted 23.09.09Torontoist: On Tuesday's World Carfree Day, a parade is gathering in Trinity Bellwoods park. The day is—according to the event's hand-drawn poster—"celebrated by 100 million people across the world." The contribution from this parade currently stands at around fifty people, mainly on bicycles.
TTC beefs up design chops for new Sheppard West and York University stations
Articles posted 22.09.09Torontoist: This Thursday, the Toronto Transit Commission will sit down to approve conceptual layouts for York University and Sheppard West, two of the new stations on the future Spadina subway extension.
George Brown sinks teeth Into Waterfront
Articles posted 17.09.09Torontoist: Down on the waterfront at Queen's Quay, between Lower Sherbourne and Lower Jarvis, lies the site of George Brown College's new $175 million dentistry and healthcare campus.