History
Streetcar photography as a window to Toronto’s changing landscapes
By Brian Doucet
By Brian Doucet and Michael Doucet This excerpt is adapted from Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto: a visual analysis... Read More
Book Review: 50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright
By Sean Ruthen
Written by Aaron Betsky and Gideon Fink Shapiro, Rizzoli Books, 2021 This book presents the work and imaginings of this iconic... Read More
REID: Shadows and light – a longstanding debate
By Dylan Reid
It’s an argument, it turns out, that has been going on for centuries. When new tall or mid-rise buildings are discussed, one of the... Read More
Book Review: The Women Who Changed Architecture
By Sean Ruthen
Foreword by Beverly Willis, Introduction by Amale Andraos, Edited by Jan Cigliano Hartman, Princeton Architectural Press, 2022 The... Read More
From Sunlight Park to East Harbour, Part 2 of 2
By Peter MacCallum
This second part of my feature on Lever Brothers soap and detergent manufacturing in the lower Don Valley will examine the... Read More
Black History Month: Eartha Kitt’s forgotten visits to Toronto
By Cheryl Thompson
If there is one thing I have missed more than anything else during the pandemic, it is nightlife. In 2020, at least 22 music venues... Read More
Joan Didion was an urbanist
By Josh Fullan
After a month of reading the essays of Joan Didion—the American author whose literary reputation seemed to ascend to new heights when... Read More
From Sunlight Park to East Harbour (Part 1 of 2)
By Peter MacCallum
In July, 2021, the developer Cadillac Fairview introduced a revised plan for the transformation of the former Unilever soap... Read More
SPACING’S NEW BOOK: Souvenirs of Toronto Sports
By Matthew Blackett
Spacing is happy to announce the release of our tenth book, Souvenirs of Toronto Sports: Stories Inspired by the City’s Athletic... Read More
Growing up in Eb Zeidler’s Toronto
By John Lorinc
For the record, I did not attend the infamous Teenage Head concert in June 1980, which turned into a melee, which became an excuse to... Read More