Monthly Archives: September 2005
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Guerrilla Gardening in the Star (again)
Yes, it was only two weeks ago when the Toronto Star did a feature on Guerrilla Gardening, but Christopher Hume looks at the act of vandalizing with...
By Matthew Blackett -
Skyscrapers of the world
Toronto is a weird place when it comes to tall buildings. We have the CN Tower, the world’s tallest free-standing structure in the world. But...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto photobloggers at Apple Store tonight
Spacing is sponsoring a presentation on Toronto-area photoblogs tonight at the Yorkdale Apple Store. Some of the city’s most shutter-happy...
By Matthew Blackett -
Union on two wheels?
Today’s Globe and Mail has an interesting article on the drive to unionize Toronto’s bike couriers. As it stands, most couriers earn about...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Barren Poles of Calgary
There’s a lot of cultural stuff going on Calgary — it isn’t all cows and oil — but you would hardly know it walking down the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Eco-Feedback
Environmental effects are not always as dramatic as Katrina. Often we forget about our affect on the ecosystem as it is slow to change or even invisible...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Community transformation examples
The Sierra Club has an interesting feature on its website which allows you to flip through images of reimagined intersections in suburban sprawl areas...
By Matthew Blackett -
The High Cost of Free Parking
Terrence Belford writes a rather one-sided article about Toronto’s impending parking crisis in the Globe. What is bad news to the Globe: That is the...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Metro Art
John MacFarlane writes about the art of the Montreal Metro in the Gazette: At $2.50 for a cash ticket, Montreal’s metro system is probably the...
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Spacing sponsors photoblog presentation
Spacing is sponsoring a presentation on Toronto-area photoblogs this coming Sunday at the Yorkdale Apple Store. Some of the city’s most...
By Spacing -
Enemies of the Ordinary photo exhibit
Opening Night: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 “Enemies of the Ordinary” A photographic exhibit by The Toronto Urban Exploration and Adventure...
By Matthew Blackett -
Wild Capitalism Hunting Games in Calgary
I’m in Calgary for the Art City festival. We’ve set up three [murmur] sites out here. Calgary isn’t the place I thought it was. Very car...
By Shawn Micallef