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Book Review – Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis: Intensities
Authors: Paul Lewis , Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis (Princeton Architectural Press, 2013) LTL are back with a new collection of their architectural...
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Urban Planet: James Murphy’s vision for musical subway stations
If James Murphy had it his way, subway station turnstiles would be musical instruments in their own right, and the commuters themselves musicians. By...
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Richmond Street
JaBistro, Richmond Street, Toronto / photo by Dominic Bugatto Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Toronto Island Picnic Tables
Picnic tables on Toronto Island / photo by Vik Pahwa Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Urban Planet: Bicycle Anecdotes from Amsterdam
Amsterdam may be seen as a cyclist’s utopia today, but it wasn’t always so. Around the midway point of the century, the Dutch were building their...
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Book Review – Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb
Author: June Williamson (Island Press, 2013) Designing Suburban Futures is a book based on a competition held in 2010 that saw design entries from around...
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Downtown Street
“Some Assembly Required”, Toronto / photo by Jonathan Castellino Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Urban Planet: Scenes from the NYC subway system in the ’80s
Think your daily commute on public transit is rough? In these shots of the NYC subway system, photographer Bruce Davidson gives a glimpse of what it was...
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Riverdale
Empty frame, No Frills on Carlaw Ave., Toronto / photo by Dominic Bugatto Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Urban Planet: Asphalt that heals itself (with a little help)
Porous asphalt can reduce noise pollution and flooding because its low density makes it very absorbent. But there’s a downside: over time, the size...
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Affordable housing or a recipe for claustrophobia? Canadian company developing $28,000 ‘micro home’
Home ownership financially out of reach? A Vancouver-based company is planning a 100-square-foot solution: the Nomad Micro Home. Presently seeking funding...
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Two of the greatest Canadian railway resources you’ll explore for many hours
Two weeks ago I wrote my Toronto Star column on how Toronto was shaped by the railways (as is the case with many Canadian cities and towns). They’re...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered