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Monthly Archives: December 2005

  • New Press Pause show

    There is a great graffiti art show that is currently underway, curated by the Press Pause collective, that features the work of Elicser, the artist whose...

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  • Winter election fun!

    Who said a winter election can’t be fun? Spacing contributor and photoblogger-about-town Adam Krawesky [ www.inconduit.com ] captured people in...

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  • The other side of the OMB

    In the Toronto Star today, Christopher Hume writes about the other side of the OMB — when they make decisions that are actually good for Toronto...

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  • Roadwitching, Toronto-style

    Chris Hardwicke posted on the Spacing Wire the last two days about Roadwitching in London and San Francisco. We received the above image from Martin Reis...

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  • Malta Markings

    There’s some neat graffiti here in Malta — but it’s the old fashion kind, with little messages left here and there about love and often...

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  • PARK(ing)

    The San Francisco based group Rebar created their own roadwitching by renting a parking space for a temporary park. 70% of public land is devoted to the...

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  • Roadwitches

    The BBC reports on a campain in Britain to lower speed limits to 20mph in urban areas which highlights some DIY traffic-calming happenings that are...

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  • Citizen TTC Commissioners

    Eye Weekly was inspired by a suggestion by Ed Drass, the transit columnist of the daily commuter paper Metro, that the two seats currently open on the TTC...

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  • The city revisits the expressway

    Like so many roadways of the 1950s and ’60s, Seattle’s I-5 freeway cut through the city and destroyed pedestrian connections between...

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  • Light poles disappearing in Baltimore

    No one is sure why 130 light poles in Baltimore have disappeared.

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  • Dreams of Front Street

    The Union Station precinct study (led by various architects and consultants) held a public meeting tonight to discuss options for re-shaping Front Street...

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  • Light pollution

    Above is a real-time image of the northeast of North America. At night, it clearly demonstrates the amount of light pollution our continent creates...

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