Green Space
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EVENT: Strollin’ — an evening talking about walking November 28
WHAT: An evening talking about walking on November 28 at 6PM. WHO: Shawn Micallef, Spacing Sr. Editor, Toronto Star columnist and University College...
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The scouring of Ontario Place
Between 2021 and 2023 architectural and documentary photographer Steven Evans trained his eye and camera on Ontario Place as plans for its future were...
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LORINC: The public space embarrassment that is College Park
When College Park (pictured above) formally re-opened, in 2019, the City of Toronto put out a rather breathless press release on what had been achieved in...
By John Lorinc -
Ontario Place’s West Island trees on death watch
Every week this summer Francesca Bouaoun has launched her kayak at Ontario Place to check on the trees. They’re a stand of 850 trees planted 54 years ago...
By Ian Darragh -
From drainage ditch to vibrant, pollution-absorbing habitat
When Douglas Counter heads out the front door of his Etobicoke home to appreciate the day’s new blooms, he doesn’t have to go far. The flowers are waiting...
By Trent Weston -
Listen Up! What birdsong tells us about everyday life
This article is published in conjunction with Spacing‘s new issue (#67), which is themed around noise in the city. Click on the links of bird names...
By Sarah B. Hood -
OP-ED: Free our Front Yards
An Etobicoke native plant gardener is ordered to cut his “turfgrass and weeds” (he actually has neither) to 20 cm (8 inches). An Annex ecologist is...
By Lorraine Johnson -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 080, Toronto’s Drone Scandal
We heard a lot about drones at the Paris Olympics, but what about in our own backyard? In this episode, Spacing‘s John Lorinc tells us about a piece...
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They Brought Back the Don
In the coming weeks, Waterfront Toronto crews will remove the final plug in the new Lower Don, thereby allowing the river to finally flow naturally...
By John Lorinc -
Saving an oak forest – from bylaw enforcement
Eric Davies is one of Toronto’s most vocal advocates for the heritage oak trees that have managed to survive in this rapidly developing urban environment...
By Lorraine Johnson -
Op-Ed: Can green infrastructure thrive in high-density urban development?
Carolyn Whitzman is a senior research associate with the Canadian Urban Institute and Roy Brooke is the Executive Director of the Natural Assets...
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Clearcutting in the Don Valley
If you walk, bicycle or drive along Millwood Road along the edge of the Don Valley, a fringe of greenery hides the moonscape below. There are huge...
By Ian Darragh