Film & Video Vancouver

VIDEO: Jon Stovell on the future of Vancouver real estate

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The West Haven Group and urbanYVR recently joined forces in a wide-ranging interview with Reliance Properties President and CEO, Jon... Read More

History Toronto

How to collect oral histories about cities in the age of COVID-19, Part I

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This is the first of a four-part series on urban oral history. Do you want to learn about a city by talking to people who have been... Read More

Walking Toronto

REID: Sidewalks — snow-free at last!

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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

Streetscape Toronto

Shining a light on Toronto’s streetlamps

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Street lighting is an important, yet overlooked, part of any city’s standard infrastructure. For over seventy years... Read More

History Toronto

The Tranzac Club: “Toronto’s Living Room”

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As Toronto begins the process or re-opening the economy for the summer, Spacing will occasionally look at businesses and venues that... Read More

Bikes Toronto

REID: Is ActiveTO on life support?

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On a Sunday in the middle of May, I went for a bike ride along the south end of Bayview Ave., which was open to pedestrians and... Read More

Urban Design Toronto

LORINC: Why Toronto’s urban design needs a lesson on climate and equity

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Many Torontonians, including critics, have long bemoaned the absence, at least in recent decades, of a unique architectural character... Read More

Architecture

Book Review: Patented – 1,000 Design Patents

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Thomas Rinaldi, Phaidon Press, 2021  From patents that have gone on to become world famous design classics to everyday, anonymous... Read More

Culture Toronto

Mapping Indigenous history on the TTC

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June has begun, marking the start of Indigenous History Month. The recent discovery of an unmarked grave of 215 Indigenous children at... Read More

History Toronto

Sleuthing a ghost sign on River Street

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Ghost signs: The slowly fading hand-painted advertisements that cling to the sides of older buildings, redundantly promoting... Read More

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