Monthly Archives: January 2007
Urban Field Speakers Series: Notions of public time
By Shawn MicallefThe Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, in association with the Visible City Project, is hosting a series of talks on how art can... Read More
Wednesday’s mid-afternoon link to articles
By Matthew BlackettWord out of City Hall today is that Astral, Clear Channel, and CBS have submitted their applications for the street furniture program... Read More
I get so emotional baby, every time I think of Lat 51°4N Long114°4W
By Leah SandalsWhile I’ve been getting emotional at other places on the Wire lately, I find it’s nice to get a little more geographically... Read More
Magical skating moment
By Dylan ReidIn medieval European chronicles, the authors would make a special note of years in which the local river froze over, which might... Read More
Toronto Diaspora
By Shawn MicallefIn this photo, taken last September, a proud former Torontonian spreads the royalty-free Gospel of Toronto Iconography in the tourist... Read More
Why “Toronto: You belong here” belongs here
By Leah SandalsWell, dress me up in a three-piece suit and call me a Rotman School of Management professor! According to a Star editorial today by... Read More
Where in the GTA?
By Shawn MicallefIn its march of progress, Toronto and the GTA have consumed many small Ontario towns and knitted them together in one big sprawling... Read More
Bloggers effect change on the TTC’s website
By Matthew BlackettAs many of the regular Spacing Wire readers will know, a few blogs here in Toronto teamed up to gather feedback for the TTC on... Read More
We are an intersection
By Shawn MicallefThere has a lot of discussion about the new Live With Culture ads that are playing in various US alternative weeklies. City Hall on... Read More
A tax for artists? Gallery director’s public poster campaign says yes.
By Leah SandalsIn today’s Star, Christopher Hume gives column-inches to Kyle Rae’s push for investment in “the arts.”... Read More