Dufferin street studios, 2017-2018
Photographer Peter MacCallum captured the last days of one of the former factories that became artist and craft studios before being redeveloped
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Book Review – American Bridge: Reinventing Building, Making History
Author: Gregory Dreicer (MIT Press, 2026) We tend to think of infrastructure as something we build. Concrete, steel, timber—assembled into roads, towers...
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LORINC: The finicky business of planning Ookwemin Minising
The City and Waterfront Toronto released their new planning vision for the Portlands, but will it solve the problems that have dogged Liberty Village for years?
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OP-ED: Get Those E-Bike Delivery Guys!…Some Education
Cycling advocates host three Safe Cycling Sessions for bike delivery riders
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The Overhead: What We’ve Learned About Evictions
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
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What youth want for the 2026 World Cup
Can the World Cup bring us together? According to young people, the answer is yes.
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Church Street Needs to Be Pedestrianized
Making part of Church Street car-free for the summer is just the first step
By Rodney Chan
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OP-ED: Walking the Lonely City
How Jane’s Walk sparks connection
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LORINC: A clarifying moment for this fall’s mayoral race
With Anthony Furey out, a Chow vs. Bradford face-off could go to the candidate who finds a way to express hope in dark times
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Spreading the warmth
A plan to expand the conservatory in Allan Gardens will enhance this place of greenery, calm, and respite
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NEW ISSUE: Soccer City
The beautiful game has much deeper roots in Toronto than most people realize
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How did FIFA’s free Fan Fest suddenly become a ticketed event?
Olivia Chow will score an epic own-goal unless she figures out how to deliver on one of the core FIFA promises
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OP-ED: “On Your Left” Isn’t the Problem
Lanrick Bennett says that how you pass is more important than how you signal you're passing
By Lanrick Bennett
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The Ultimate Guide to the Best Songs About Toronto
In the Fall 2023 issue of Spacing (coming soon to a store or mailbox near you), we shine a spotlight on five “Toronto Troubadours” — musicians “dedicated...
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LORINC: The pandemic is about cities
Viruses, in the abstract, don’t care much about their host organisms, beyond the latter’s on-board, physiological defenses. Yet it’s clear the coronavirus...
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What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 1)
The investigation by Ontario Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk into the Ford government’s removal of 7,400 acres of prime farmland and wetlands from the...
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LORINC: The Tories’ use-it-or-lose housing ruse
On the north-east corner of Bathurst and St. Clair West sits a snazzy purpose-built condo sales office, ostensibly there to promote Foret, a giant...
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Q&A with Steven Evans on photographing Ontario Place
With the chaotic Greenbelt scandal swirling in the background, the updated plans for the Ford government’s deeply contentious and destructive scheme...
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What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 2)
Sequel to Part 1 of “What’s really happening at Ontario Place?“ Ontario Place was conceived by Conservative Premier John Robarts in 1968 as an...
By Ian Darragh