Campaign to name new school after Jean Earle Geeson: teacher, artist, journalist and early champion of Fort York

Last year Spacing published an audit report that found 292 Toronto parks were named after men, with just 82 after women. Coupled with... Read More

Book Review – People Cities: The Life and Legacy of Jan Gehl

Written by Annie Matan & Peter Newman, (Island Press, 2016) Over the last 50 years, Jan Gehl has changed the way we think about... Read More

Floating shipping containers as affordable housing A Copenhagen design firm has created new affordable housing units out of... Read More

The high cost of bike shares vs. public transit How can we readjust the pricing of bike shares to be more accessible and economical... Read More

From highline to lowline: New York City approves the world’s first underground park Faced with the success of the Manhattan Highline... Read More

Sao Paulo’s innovative plan for regulating Uber Regulating alternative transportation services such as Uber has proved to be a... Read More

Alleys to Art A neighborhood in Philadelphia has transformed a formerly derelict alleyway into a work of art by installing a glowing... Read More

Edmonton

Like every place, I suppose, Edmonton has its share of mysteries. Consider the tunnel under Jasper Avenue, the garage castle and the... Read More

Designing urban spaces for women How Vienna incorporates gender into public policy and urban planning practices to promote inclusive... Read More

Toronto

The latest edition of Fife and Drum, the quarterly journal produced by the Friends of Fort York, was just released. Here’s some... Read More