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By Spacing
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Reinier de Graaf’s recently published book, Architect, Verb.: The New... Read More
Remembering the Hoggs Hollow Disaster
By John Cartwright
The Hoggs Hollow Disaster, which occurred on March 17, 1960, killed five Italian immigrant workers: Pasquale Allegrezza, Giovanni... Read More
Take me back to Happiness: an art show about Hanlan’s Point beach
By Shawn Micallef
What: Take me back to Happiness: paintings of Hanlan’s Point art show by Zach Rosen When: March 9-14 Opening Reception March 10... Read More
Video Vancouver: A Virtual Bike Tour of Vancouver’s Waterfront
By Spacing
This is a virtual bike tour (video with audio) of Vancouver’s waterfront, by the City of Vancouver’s Senior Urban Designer Scot Hein... Read More
Black History Month: Jack White and the Bloor Viaduct strike action
By Sheila White
Almost lost in Toronto’s vault of Black history is a case of racial discrimination in the spring of 1964 that nearly prevented the... Read More
S101 Series: Introduction and Call
By Erick Villagomez
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: cities are complex. But that doesn’t mean they need to be complicated... Read More
LORINC: Can the Ontario Science Centre save Ontario Place?
By John Lorinc
Here’s a strange little detail about the 20-car pile-up that is the Ontario Place redevelopment scheme: Shortly before... Read More
As is: Photographs of Ontario Place, 2021- 2022
By Steven Evans
In advance of Spacing’s upcoming issue focused on Ontario Place, we are sharing some of photographer Steven Evans’s images... Read More
Book Review: Ron Thom Architect – The Life of a Creative Modernist
By Sean Ruthen
Author: Adele Weder (Greystone Publishing, 2022) Drawing on extensive archival research and over one hundred interviews, this... Read More
Beaches historical sight: East of Silver Birch
By Richard White
Toronto historian Richard White has recently completed an original new history of the Beaches neighbourhood that should be out and... Read More