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Broadway Plan Blues
Editor’s Note: Many residents are unaware—and some are unpleasantly surprised—that the Broadway Plan allows for high-rise towers on quiet back...
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Cycling in the Suburbs Doesn’t Have to Suck
Sure, Vancouver’s seawall is the popular place to bike, but that doesn’t mean the suburbs can’t be too — with a few fixes. In the latest episode of the...
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The Overhead: Preserving Community
THIS EPISODE: Preserving Community We’re pleased to bring you another season of The Overhead, and we begin by checking back on a topic we’ve...
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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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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 079, Is Toronto strangled by rules?
Toronto is often accused of being over-regulated. It’s a fair criticism. For example, photographer and urbanist commentator Dan Seljak tells us how...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 078, Bike Month
It’s Bike Month! It’s a time we celebrate cycle culture in Toronto and surrounding cities and towns. At least officially. Despite some...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 074, 20 Years of Spacing
Spacing is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. To celebrate, we talk to publisher Matthew Blackett and executive editor Dylan Reid about how the magazine...
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The Future Fix: Preventing Extreme Heat Disaster
THIS EPISODE: Preventing Extreme Heat Disaster With climate change leading to more frequent and more extreme climate events, predicting the next disaster...
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The Future Fix: Ending Energy Poverty
THIS EPISODE: Ending Energy Poverty Many people across the country struggle to make ends meet. In many cases, that means they experience energy poverty...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 073, Love Park and Love Letters
We meet Globe & Mail architecture critic Alex Bozikovic in the new Love Park on Toronto’s waterfront, to talk about good public space design...
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The Overhead: Community Land Trusts
THIS EPISODE: Community Land Trusts Last season, we talked to a group of people from the Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) in Toronto as part...
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The Overhead: The Financialization of a Housing Crisis
THIS EPISODE: The Financialization of a Housing Crisis The days of the “mom-and-pop” landlord are largely behind us. Now, housing units are...
By Spacing Radio