Politics
REID: Is it time for a vehicle registration tax to help fix Toronto’s roads?
By Dylan Reid
Toronto’s streets are in terrible shape. I notice this as a pedestrian, trying to cross at intersections where the zebra stripes that... Read More
LORINC: Seizing the opportunity of Tory’s resignation
By John Lorinc
Let’s not talk about candidates and the horse race, just for a fleeting moment. The end of the John Tory era, which came to a... Read More
LORINC: The Sad State of Police Governance in Tory’s Toronto
By John Lorinc
It feels like matters of policing, never far from view, have hung particularly heavily over the city’s business in this past... Read More
Book review: DIY City
By Andrew Cuthbert
Author: Hank Dittmar (Island Press, 2020) DIY, or “do-it-yourself,” as it relates to urban planning, most easily evokes... Read More
S101S – Understanding Residential Density: Why is it so Confusing?
By Erick Villagomez
What is residential density and why is it so confusing? Residential density is critical to urban planning. It refers to the number of... Read More
On Interior Urbanism: An Interview with Jeremy Senko
By Erick Villagomez
Interiors and urbanism are often considered opposites of one another. But are they so different? Spacing Vancouver’s Erick... Read More
LORINC: The taxing discussion about a parking tax
By John Lorinc
Can anyone who pays attention to City Hall say they didn’t see this one coming? The latest news from the budget... Read More
S101 Series: Introduction and Call
By Erick Villagomez
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: cities are complex. But that doesn’t mean they need to be complicated... Read More
LORINC: How to expedite affordable housing during a crisis
By John Lorinc
With the launch of the annual budget slam dance, at the beginning of a new term of city council, on this, the 25th anniversary of... Read More
EXCERPT: Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic
By Shawn Micallef
The following is the afterword by Spacing‘s Shawn Micallef in the new book Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a... Read More