Infrastructure
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 076, Time’s running out for accessible Ontario
In 2005, Ontario passed the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), which made accessibility for all public establishments a legal...
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I visited public toilet paradise and it was heaven – why can’t Canada do this?
I found public pee paradises and their names are Hong Kong and Japan. Public washrooms, or lack of by policy choice, in Canada has been my pet thing for a...
By Shawn Micallef -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 072, From Leipzig With Love
This Spring, Spacing Radio had the opportunity to take the show on the road to the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany. Now that the whole...
By Spacing Radio -
OP-ED: Why we’re on a rent strike
The Tenants at 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe Park Drive have taken a stand against our landlords, PSP Investments and Starlight Investments. On May 1, 2023...
By Sameer Beyan and Jawad Ukani -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 070, Toronto Mayoral Election Redux
Now that John Tory has officially stepped down as mayor, the field of candidates hoping to replace him is a big one. With roughly 50 candidates on the...
By Spacing Radio -
Remembering the Hoggs Hollow disaster
The Hoggs Hollow Disaster, which occurred on March 17, 1960, killed five Italian immigrant workers: Pasquale Allegrezza, Giovanni Correglio, Giovanni...
By John Cartwright -
LORINC: Why aren’t Toronto’s major streets actually major streets?
One day last week, Toronto history buff Jeremy Hopkin tweeted a then-and-now set of images that told an unflattering story about where we find ourselves...
By John Lorinc -
Black History Month: Jack White and the Bloor Viaduct strike action
Almost lost in Toronto’s vault of Black history is a case of racial discrimination in the spring of 1964 that nearly prevented the Bloor subway line from...
By Sheila White -
REID: Is it time for a vehicle registration tax to help fix Toronto’s roads?
Toronto’s streets are in terrible shape. I notice this as a pedestrian, trying to cross at intersections where the zebra stripes that define my safe(r...
By Dylan Reid -
Reimagining under the Gardiner
Toronto’s journey towards urban renewal could witness a new stage unfold with plans to transform overlooked areas beneath the Gardiner Expressway between...
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EXCERPT: Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic
The following is the afterword by Spacing‘s Shawn Micallef in the new book Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic published...
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Rexdale deserves a spa: An invitation to Therme
Therme Canada’s proposal for a spa is better suited for Woodbine Entertainment’s renewal plan, and would allow the City of Toronto and the...
By Chloe Brown