Torontoist » bylaws http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sat, 26 May 2012 18:59:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Getting Upfront with Empty Storefronts in Little India Photo by Harry Choi/Torontoist.

Last Wednesday, a group of about 20 people got together to discuss the current state of things in and around Gerrard and Coxwell, an area commonly known as Little India that is home to a diverse and rapidly changing population. If you haven’t been there lately, this might be part of the reason: a significant [...]

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The premise of graffiti art is that it’s not supposed to be there. Its appeal comes from being unsolicited and out of place, which is what makes the art form, at times, so unexpectedly beautiful. It’s also what makes graffiti, by definition, illegal. Toronto’s graffiti bylaw [PDF] defines the illegal art form exactly in these [...]

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Six days ago, we told you that City Council was about to discuss a proposed new sign bylaw and tax. Today, they finished. After seven years of campaigning by public space and arts activists, two years of research and work by city staff, and a day and a half of debate in the Council Chamber, [...]

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