LORINC: Clear-cutting Michael Hough’s landscaping at Ontario Place
By John Lorinc
Toronto, arguably, is in the midst of what the city may look back on as a golden age of landscape architecture and design. In the past... Read More
Ontario Place re-development: Paving over paradise
By Francesca Bouaoun
Looking out to Lake Ontario in late March, when the ground is still thawing from winter, a daring aerialist deftly skims the water’s... Read More
Transit transformation, part 2: the importance of Scarborough’s community spaces
By Zachary Hyde & UTSC City Studies Students
With Mahira Khan, Alexander Nazarov, Anastasiia Ostrovskaia, and Mikayla Sinclair In this “Transit Transformation” series, University... Read More
ELECTION: Population disparities between Toronto’s 25 wards
By Sean Marshall
In July 2018, in the middle of Toronto’s last municipal election, the newly elected Progressive Conservative provincial... Read More
ELECTION: Open wards and the power of incumbency
By Sean Marshall
As part of Spacing Toronto’s coverage of the 2022 municipal election, cartographer Sean Marshall is creating maps revealing some... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 067, Toronto Election: the case against a strong mayor system
By Spacing Radio
Another election, another surprise announcement from Premier Doug Ford that throws it all into disarray. Ford’s proposal for... Read More
LORINC: Who will solve the rental crisis? Not John Tory
By John Lorinc
For decades, about half of Torontonians have lived in rented dwellings, and despite this rather amazing statistic, they are... Read More
Kensington is funky and non-conventional. Its streets should be too
By Stephen Brophy
Kensington Market is one of Toronto’s most charismatic and iconic neighbourhoods, distinguished for its cultural impact. Putting your... Read More
LORINC: The slow boats to Centre Island
By John Lorinc
After the dock collision on the weekend that injured more than a dozen people and has reduced ferry service to the Toronto Islands for... Read More
Neighbourhood tour: the beginnings of Afro-Caribbean food culture in Toronto
By Liam McCurry
This weekend, starting at King St. and Church St. in front of St. James Cathedral, the Hungry for Comfort Neighborhood Tour will... Read More
Featured Writers
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John Lorinc
ELECTION: If not housing now, when? LORINC: Clear-cutting Michael Hough’s landscaping at Ontario Place LORINC: Who will solve the rental crisis? Not John Tory -
Spacing Radio
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 067, Toronto Election: the case against a strong mayor system PODCAST: Spacing Radio 066, Toronto Election Engagement PODCAST: Spacing Radio 065, Cities for Youth -
Dylan Reid
REID: The Toronto vote in the 2022 Ontario provincial election REID: Sixty-two pages of overdue staff reports REID: Shadows and light – a longstanding debate -
Matthew Blackett
SPACING’S NEW BOOK: Souvenirs of Toronto Sports 2021 Toronto Heritage Award winners PACKAGED TORONTO: The type of book for font lovers
Monumental success: Toronto’s Stone Distillery has stood the test of time 
The emergence of the "Toronto Special" Modernist walk-up apartments 
REID: Shadows and light – a longstanding debate 
ELECTION: If not housing now, when? 
Eight simple ways to cool a city 
WHY WE CAN'T GO: Debunking the Costs of Operating Public Washrooms, pt. 3