Nick Provart

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• Commented on David Miller Not Running for Re-election
  This is too bad. I came back to Toronto in 2002, after being abroad for 7.5 years in Berlin and San Diego, and all I can say is that this city has changed enormously for the better under David Miller....
• Commented on Hog-O-Vision
  Clayton, you might get yourself included on the City's defamation lawsuit against the Toronto Star for this!...
• Commented on Gardiner Party
  The reaction to this proposal over at Spacing was pretty much blech, and I tend to agree. http://spacing.ca/wire/2009/06/18/green-roof-meets-gardiner-expressway/. As posters there point out, you'd have to walk up the equivalent of a six-storey building to get to the park (not...
• Commented on Torontoist vs. Torontoist in... Auto Apologists
  I think Toronto should consider a "personalized transit service" which would consist of 1000s of minivans. If you wanted to go from A-B, the nearest minivan with a seat going in your direction would be signalled from your GPS-enabled cell...
• Commented on The Roof, the Roof, the Roof is a Lawn
  Great idea! I'm all for legislation for these kinds of things. The Israeli government legislated that all hot water heaters be solar-powered and lo-and-behold, all hot water heaters are solar powered. Similarly, Toronto legislated that yard waste not be picked...