Toronto Flaneur
Slipping through the spectacle
By Matthew BlackettPeople in Toronto like to drag their parties out onto the streets. It gives the rest of us a chance to sneak in and crash them, or... Read More
Enjoy getting lost in your own city
By Matthew BlackettI like to walk around the city. Since I moved here four years ago, I have wanted to find out what lies beyond each street or park. Not... Read More
Four-wheel drifting
By Matthew BlackettI went for a drive two Sundays ago. My intention was to go for a walk, but it was pouring, and though I often like to walk in the... Read More
Adventures in North York
By Matthew BlackettLiving downtown, it's easy to forget just how suburban much of Toronto is. We may not like suburbia, but it's probably the... Read More
Underneath the layers
By Matthew BlackettBloor and Bathurst might be our greatest big city corner — not because of skyscrapers or starchitecture but because of Honest... Read More
The gorge-ous Rouge Valley
By Matthew BlackettThe opening lines of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" read "Whose woods these are I think I... Read More
Following Sackville’s ghosts
By Matthew BlackettSackville Street begins at a chain-link dead end, and it’s downhill from there. All of Cabbagetown’s northern edge is... Read More
Rambling the length of Queen Street
By Matthew BlackettIn anticipation of the Walk 21 conference on all things pedestrian, Spacing organized the Great Queen Street Psychogeographic Walk. We... Read More
Where the lines blur Brown
By Matthew BlackettI once heard Browns Line described as the ugliest street in Toronto, but I didn't bother to confirm this until recently. Browns... Read More
The bungalow horizon of Willowdale
By Matthew BlackettIf you look at a map of Toronto, you'll see two bands that run across the top. One is the fat and wide 401 that we're all... Read More