Politics
Toronto
I imagine Mayor John Tory, like all good conservatives of his generation and breeding, worshipped at the alter of Michael Wilson, the storied Bay Street... Read More
Event: Jane’s Walk festival, May 3-5Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by urban enthusiast, Jane Jacobs. We’re hoping you’ll lead... Read More
Book Review – Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better PlacesAuthor: Jeff Speck (Island Press, 2018) When I reviewed Walkable City, the precursor to this book by Jeff Speck in 2013, I was in a... Read More
Stories, Struggles and Song: Cantonese Opera in TorontoCantonese opera is in my genes. Whenever my mother put me and my two younger sisters down for our afternoon nap, she’d crank up the... Read More
Book Review – Public Natures: Evolutionary InfrastructuresAuthor: Weiss/Manfredi– Princeton Architectural Press (2018) In considering the evolution of ecological, urban, and social... Read More
How city hall is keeping needed change out of ‘stable neighbourhoods’Item: In a development application [download PDF] heard by the Etobicoke-York district committee of adjustment in late February, a... Read More
Uh oh. I’m a Planner and Planning Makes Housing More ExpensiveThank Andy Yan for throwing yet another rock into the placid pond of our taken for granted assumptions. As someone who advocates... Read More
Walkcast: Why walking in winter sucksEditor’s Note: Spacing is delighted to share the Walkcast podcast series out of Edmonton. Check out the latest episode today. As... Read More
EVENT: Right to Walk TOSpacing is pleased to co-sponsor “Right to Walk TO: Justice, equity, and the Toronto walking experience,” a panel... Read More
Spacing’s 15th anniversary party!WHAT: Spacing’s 15th anniversary issue release party! WHEN: Friday, March 15th, 2019 — 7:30pm-midnight COST: $5 (copy of new... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 032, Housing TorontoIn this episode, we look at housing from a number of angles. Spacing Senior Editor John Lorinc and urban planner Cheryll Case give us... Read More
Am I the Last Voice against the SkyTrain to UBC? 
Jackie Shane and archive anger 
Three areas that will help relieve Toronto’s housing crisis 
CodeRedTO Op Ed: Does Toronto transit need an upload? Or a download? 
Book Review – Adapting Cities to Sea Level Rise: Green and Gray Strategies