Walking
LORINC: The paradox of the City’s new sidewalk snow removal program
By John Lorinc
A question for the immediate aftermath of the heaviest snowstorm in ten years: Following years of resident complaints and half-hearted... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots
By Spacing Radio
We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery... Read More
Q&A with Hiba Abdallah: Public art and StrollTO’s Poems for Your Path
By Allison Zhao
Walks around the city have been made more interactive in the last few months thanks to StrollTO, a program implemented by the... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 062, The PATH ahead for Toronto’s underground
By Spacing Radio
With many people still working from home, the future of Toronto’s PATH system — the underground mall serving the financial... Read More
Achtung! Go for a German Walk T.O.
By Shawn Micallef
Over the summer and fall I was happy to work with a team put together by the German Consulate in Toronto on a series of audio walks... Read More
Vancouver, Where Did Your Shophouses Go?
By Christopher CheungOnce upon a time in Vancouver, it was common to stroll to a nearby street corner to pick up some groceries, candy, or even some... Read More
Motor make-believe
By Albert Koehl
Make-believe is a beautiful thing when you’re defending a car-dominated transportation system amidst a disturbing road casualty toll... Read More
EXCERPT: Outdoor School – Under the Freeway, a Forest: Some Notes on Trespassing
By Spacing
Outdoor School includes the contemporary environmental art of more than 20 Canadian and Indigenous artists. Below is an excerpt from... Read More
The Un-Avenues: Integrating new intensity for housing, open spaces, and streets
By Kim Storey and James Brown
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model... Read More
REID: Sidewalks — snow-free at last!
By Dylan Reid
I have been writing and advocating about the need to expand sidewalk snow clearing to every sidewalk in the city for what seems like... Read More