Architecture
The emergence of the “Toronto Special” Modernist walk-up apartments
By Eric Sehr
The “Toronto Special” is a distinctly urban home that emerged during a post-war period associated with the rapid expansion... Read More
REID: Shadows and light – a longstanding debate
By Dylan Reid
It’s an argument, it turns out, that has been going on for centuries. When new tall or mid-rise buildings are discussed, one of the... Read More
Finding the Missing Middle in Unexpected Places: Cornwall, Ontario’s Permissive Zoning
By Alex Gatien
Urbanist discourse of recent years has commonly turned to reviving the Missing Middle as one means of remedying the skyrocketing cost... Read More
From Sunlight Park to East Harbour, Part 2 of 2
By Peter MacCallum
This second part of my feature on Lever Brothers soap and detergent manufacturing in the lower Don Valley will examine the... Read More
Spacing’s ‘Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto’ book wins Lt. Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award
By Spacing
Spacing is proud to announce that our book, Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto, has won the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award... Read More
From Sunlight Park to East Harbour (Part 1 of 2)
By Peter MacCallum
In July, 2021, the developer Cadillac Fairview introduced a revised plan for the transformation of the former Unilever soap... Read More
Growing up in Eb Zeidler’s Toronto
By John Lorinc
For the record, I did not attend the infamous Teenage Head concert in June 1980, which turned into a melee, which became an excuse to... Read More
The fading of the garment district factories: McGregor Socks, Spadina Avenue, 2003
By Peter MacCallum
In 2003 I began a two part documentary photography project featuring the McGregor Socks knitting mill on Spadina Avenue, and the Korex... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 062, The PATH ahead for Toronto’s underground
By Spacing Radio
With many people still working from home, the future of Toronto’s PATH system — the underground mall serving the financial... Read More
Achtung! Go for a German Walk T.O.
By Shawn Micallef
Over the summer and fall I was happy to work with a team put together by the German Consulate in Toronto on a series of audio walks... Read More