• Spacing.ca
  • Magazine
  • Podcast
  • Store
  • Books
  • Customer Help Centre
  • About Us

Spacing Toronto

Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

Menu

Skip to content
  • Canada
  • Toronto
  • Vancouver
  • Montreal
  • Ottawa
  • Atlantic
  • Edmonton
  • Civic Engagement
  • Politics
  • Waterfront
  • Green Space
  • Urban Design
  • Parks
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Infrastructure
  • Transit
  • Community
  • Traffic
  • Housing
  • Services
  • Pandemic
  • History
  • Architecture
  • Photos
  • Elections
  • Streetscape
  • Podcast
  • Culture
  • Maps
  • Walking
  • Bikes
  • Food
  • Media
  • Film & Video
  • Curiosities
  • Communication
  • Cities For People
  • 10th Anniversary
More Topics
All Topics
  • 10th Anniversary
  • Architecture
  • Bikes
  • Cities For People
  • Civic Engagement
  • Communication
  • Community
  • Culture
  • Curiosities
  • Elections
  • Events
  • Features
  • Film & Video
  • Food
  • Green Space
  • Headlines
  • History
  • Housing
  • Infrastructure
  • Maps
  • Media
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Pandemic
  • Parks
  • Photos
  • Podcast
  • Politics
  • Services
  • Spacing
  • Streetscape
  • Traffic
  • Transit
  • Urban Design
  • Walking
  • Waterfront
Region:
Topic:
History

Throwback Thursday: Travelling back in time on board the Trillium

By Jake Schabas

Every Thursday, Spacing will bring you a snapshot of Toronto’s past, looking into what took place that day in the city’s... Read More

Bikes

Bike- and ped-friendly construction

By Fred Sztabinski

AMSTERDAM – If you regularly walk or bike around Toronto the scene in the photo above is probably familiar to you. Construction... Read More

Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines

By Jake Schabas

CITY WORKER STRIKE • How a city worker walkout will affect you [Toronto Star] • After years of wild spending, how can Miller... Read More

Transit

World Wide Wednesday: Detroit’s (re)turn to light rail transit

By Jake Schabas

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments.  We’ll be on the... Read More

Bikes

How to fan the flames of the fake War on the Car in Toronto

By Shawn Micallef

On May 22nd I posted a piece here on Spacing about the fairy tale war on the car. It was at the height of the rhetorical volleys... Read More

Headlines

Wednesday’s Headlines

By Jake Schabas

ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT • Plan envisions John St as ‘spine’ of cultural area [Toronto Star] • Vision for club... Read More

Architecture

Entertainment District’s Master Plan

By Shaun Merritt

This morning, the Toronto Entertainment District BIA unveiled their “Master Plan” to redevelop much of the downtown core. From... Read More

Bikes

Reaching the Summit: Cycling Advocacy and Community Engagement

By Emma Feltes

Just three days into this year’s Bike Month, a damp May 28th was host to Bike Summit 2009, a day-long conference on cycling... Read More

Headlines

Tuesday’s Headlines

By Jake Schabas

TRANSIT AND BICYCLING • Newcomers urged to get back in bike lane [Toronto Star] • ’70s were hardly a golden age for... Read More

Curiosities

Townsend: Ontario’s phantom town

By Sean Marshall

You have probably heard of ghost towns – once vibrant communities that slowly disappeared as local fortunes changed, or quickly... Read More

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Featured Writers

  • John Lorinc

    LORINC: The Sad State of Police Governance in Tory’s Toronto LORINC: How safe is the TTC? LORINC: The taxing discussion about a parking tax
  • Dylan Reid

    NEW ISSUE: Ontario Place REID: The Jenga school of civic management REID: Election signs of the times
  • Spacing Radio

    PODCAST: Spacing Radio 068, Looking for the bright side of Toronto’s election PODCAST: Election Panel with Lorraine Lam and John Lorinc Election Panel: the 905 Edition
  • Matthew Blackett

    ELECTION NIGHT PARTY! Come watch the results with Spacing SPACING’S NEW BOOK: Souvenirs of Toronto Sports 2021 Toronto Heritage Award winners
All Contributors →
  • Spacing Films
    • SPACING FILMS: Meet Me At The Store
    • SPACING FILMS: Powers Of Towers documentary
    • Chester Hill Lookout
    • The Honest Ed's bench in the Annex
    • Trenton Terrace, laneway housing in Parkdale
  • Civic Engagement

    • LORINC: The Sad State of Police Governance in Tory's Toronto
    • Reimagining under the Gardiner
    • PODCAST: Spacing Radio 068, Looking for the bright side of Toronto's election
  • Politics

    • LORINC: The taxing discussion about a parking tax
    • LORINC: How to expedite affordable housing during a crisis
    • EXCERPT: Displacement City: Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic
  • Waterfront

    • Megalandscape: A counter-proposal for Ontario Place
    • LORINC: Can the Ontario Science Centre save Ontario Place?
    • As is: Photographs of Ontario Place, 2021- 2022
  • Green Space

    • NEW ISSUE: Ontario Place
    • PODCAST: Election Panel with Lorraine Lam and John Lorinc
    • Shifting power in parks: Lessons from the 2022 Canadian City Parks Report
  • Urban Design

    • Rexdale deserves a spa: An invitation to Therme
    • LORINC: Toronto's development charge showdown is a distraction
    • EVENT: "Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto" book launch at the Spacing Store
  • Parks

    • LORINC: 10 questions about the Ontario Place redevelopment
    • Midtown Toronto’s much-loved, largest green space re-opens - after $35 million and more than four years of construction
    • PODCAST: Election Panel with Shawn Micallef and Kunal Chaudhary
Advertisement

Newsletter Sign-Up

Spacing Magazine: Current Issue 61

Issue Cover Order issue | Subscribe | In these stores

Popular Posts

  • The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 — the day the clowns picked the wrong Toronto brothel
  • Remembering the ill-fated CN Turbo train
  • Growing the urban forest in the face of climate change
  • The emergence of the "Toronto Special" Modernist walk-up apartments
  • The fall of Sir Henry Pellatt, king of Casa Loma

Shop at the Spacing Store

Spacing: Toronto’s City Store
  • Spacing.ca
  • Toronto
  • Montreal
  • Vancouver
  • Ottawa
  • Atlantic
  • Edmonton
  • Magazine
  • Issues
  • Subscribe
  • Order Issues
  • In These Stores
  • Jane Jacobs Prize
  • Store
  • Magazine
  • Buttons
  • Magnets
  • T-Shirts
  • Stuff
  • About Spacing
  • Advertise with Us
  • Contribute
  • Comment Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
  • Spacing on Twitter
  • Spacing on Facebook
  • Spacing Feeds