Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities.
In response to the mysterious destruction of a tree stump on Queen Street that has functioned as a canvas for public graffiti, Matthew Backett asks Spacing readers what should take its place.
What should be done with Igor’s bikes?
A couple of weeks ago I summarized an article about infamous Toronto bike thief Igor Kenk. This week Dylan Reid puts forth a proposal for the fates of Igor’s stash of bikes- that they be given away to those in need of them. A counterintuitive element of the Police Services Act, however, seems to prevent this idea from taking off.
Think postmodern architecture is an unfortunate and obnoxious byproduct of the ’80s? This post may help you see it in another light. Drawing on examples from all over the Toronto, Thomas Wicks explains the 20th century architectural shift from modernism to postmodernism. He looks at how postmodernism evolved, and what it was reacting to.