Culture
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Book Review – Designing Disorder: Experiments and Disruptions in the City
Authors: Pablo Sendra and Richard Sennet (Verso, 2020) Pablo Sendra and Richard Sennet are established professors and urbanists who have significantly...
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S101S: Defining Public Space: The Basics
Public space is a dynamic and essential part of our collective urban experience. Streets, parks, plazas, and beaches serve as the everyday settings where...
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The True Christmas of Meaning
Holly Snolightly is a beautiful thirtysomething travel writer and the busy Manhattan CEO of an international Christmas tree conglomerate. She reserves a...
By Derek DeLand -
UCS #32: Not So Public Art
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related reading:
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Reflections on Art
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, and architecture about art is like Lego about crayons, then writing about architecture about...
By Derek DeLand -
UCS #30: Public Hearings in Vancouver
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related reading: Spacing...
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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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Excerpt: Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Conflict in Blackface
Excerpted with permission from Canada and the Blackface Atlantic, published in April 2025 by Wilfrid Laurier Press. Thompson, a Toronto Metropolitan...
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NEW ISSUE: State of the Arts in Toronto
A city’s arts form an ecosystem. It’s easy to focus on the big features – the trees, as it were – but the true health of the system lies in the...
By Dylan Reid -
Establishing affordable creative spaces
This article is published in conjunction with issue #68 of Spacing magazine, which is focused on the state of the arts in Toronto. Look for it soon on the...
By Erika Hennebury and Hannah Fleisher -
A call to preserve Kensington Market
Kensington Market: Heart of the City is a neighbourhood documentary that’s been in the making since 2016. “It’s really a look into the heart of the city...
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UCS #27: The Two Vancouvers
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related reading: CBC: One...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate