Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto.
• Artist and Author JR Carpenter talks about her life in Montréal and how the familiarity of her neighborhood was suddenly uprooted by gentrification. Her new novel, Words the Dogs Know, talks about this and retells anecdotal memories of how she remembers her home.
• What makes certain graffiti be tolerated by the public while others are thought of as a buildings version of tree rot? Where does the line draw between graffiti and public art? Montréal artist Roadsworth talks with Spacing about his brand of graffiti and the public support behind it.
• Here is a look at how the private-sector can affect changes within a city. KC Bolton compares 2 areas of Montréal which have doubled in population, but only one of the areas saw significant changes in income levels, and rent increases.