Green Space
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CNE’s grand plans of the past: Visionary days for people places in Toronto and Ontario
EDITOR: Landscape architect and urban designer Walter Kehm worked on the CNE master plans in the late 1960s and recently found these images that included...
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Love Park, and loving parks
Toronto has a new park devoted to love, and it’s already been the venue for two weddings. The final day of the Park People 2023 national conference held...
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Field notes from a parks conference
From green roofs on new buildings, to quantifying visitors (beyond counting toilet paper rolls), to how much to mow, here are some notable ideas to emerge...
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People passionate about parks gather in Toronto
This week folks passionate about city parks are fanning out across Toronto to study the best the city has to offer in innovative urban park design and...
By Ian Darragh -
PODCAST: Election Panel with Lorraine Lam and John Lorinc
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 064, Toronto Shelter Collapse
Those working with unhoused people in Toronto, like Sanctuary Toronto outreach worker Lorraine Lam, are warning about the total collapse of the...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots
We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery robots taking over city...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 061, Community sports and urban farming
In this episode, we follow up on the municipal elections in Edmonton and Calgary, with a bit of a rant about rooming houses. Then, we talk to journalist...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 049, City scenes that saved summer
It’s been a rough summer for everyone, but people have found ways to get outside and make the most of it. In this episode, we speak to 8 80...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 036, Canadian City Parks
This episode, we partnered with Park People to bring you highlights from their national Heart of the City conference: the first of it’s kind in...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 033, Big Idea
In this episode, we dive into a few Big Ideas. First up is National Geographic explorer and geographer Daniel Raven-Ellison, who started a movement to...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 019, Out In The Cold
In this episode, we speak to Toronto Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam about the desperate call to provide more shelter space this winter. Toronto Park...
By Spacing Radio