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AGO flow
Detail on a staircase at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto / photo by Sniderscion Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Book Review – Visualizing Climate Change: A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions
Author: Stephen R. J. Sheppard (Routledge, 2012) Just recently I began talking more frequently to friends and peers about climate change after reading a...
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Urban Planet: ‘Hopscotch crosswalks’ bring the playground to the street
Crossing the street just got a bit more interesting for pedestrians in Baltimore. As part of a public art initiative, a set of utilitarian zebra-stripe...
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Urban Planet: Designer creates a foldable bike helmet
Perhaps one of the main barriers to getting cyclists to wear helmets is the inconvenience of having to lug the protective gear around after arriving at a...
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Up against the wall
And losing control, Mayor Rob Ford, Toronto / photo by Greg Stacey Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified
Author: Bryan Lawson (Routledge, 4th ed., 2005) Designers of any discipline consistently struggle to define their “process”: a way to break down the...
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Urban Planet: Artists bake up gingerbread replicas of renowned galleries
There’s nothing cookie-cutter about architectural landmarks such as Tate Modern, the Louvre, or the Guggenheim Museum – even in gingerbread form...
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10 (+1) Alternative Toronto Reads
Kenk: A Graphic Portrait (Richard Poplak & Nick Marinkovich) A biography in comic book form tracing the life and career of Toronto’s most notorious...
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St. Clair and Warden
Cracked concrete underpass at St. Clair Ave. E. and Warden Ave., Toronto / photo by Vik Pahwa Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Urban Planet: This might be the world’s easiest-to-assemble bicycle
The Sandwichbike can make a bicycle mechanic out of anyone. Made up of less than 50 parts, the bike comes shipped ready-to-assemble, and the manufacturer...
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Spacing Store Black Friday sale
As we’re getting ready for the holidays and the launch of our 10th anniversary issue, we want to give a deal for all the early bird shoppers our...
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Smaller city revitalization — the case of Fredericton’s Main Street
A version of this article by Hassan Arif appeared recently in Sustainable Cities Collective. Fredericton is a smaller city, with a population of...
By Hassan Arif
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered