Architecture
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Event Guide: Bike Summit 2009, and What Has Architecture Done For You Lately?
Bike Summit 2009 After the success of last year’s Bike Summit, the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation and the Clean Air Partnership are...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto’s Twin Italianate Villas
Toronto of the 1870’s was a booming Victorian city nearing a population of 80,000, alive with the smells of mud, livestock, and industry. The recent...
By Mathew Borrett -
Sam the Record Man exposed
Walking by the old Sam the Record Man location on Yonge Street on the weekend I noticed the the double record sign facade has been finally taken down...
By Shawn Micallef -
Watch NFB: Orange, an animated short by Sylvie Trouvé
Editor: Spacing is pleased to announce we’ve partnered with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films from their new online screening...
By Matthew Forsythe -
The sorry state of Wilson Station
As I currently live in the upper reaches of North York, Wilson Station is my “home” station as I use it more than any other. Built for the...
By Sean Marshall -
Opening Day at the Toronto Coach Terminal, 1931
Motor coach terminal, Bay and Edward streets, Toronto, December 19, 1931. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 16, Series 71, Item 9041. When intercity bus...
By Jamie Bradburn -
Fort York Visitor Centre Competition opens
New things are afoot at Fort York. It sounds a bit strange to say that, but one of the oldest — that is, officially “historic” —...
By Shawn Micallef -
Toronto’s new-old is the new beautiful
My psychogeography column in the current edition of Eye Weekly looks at how Toronto’s combination of new and old buildings in close proximity to...
By Shawn Micallef -
Looking forward to Toronto the Good 2009
This coming May will mark our fifth installment of the Toronto The Good party. Back in 2005, Spacing teamed up with ERA Architects and murmur to produce...
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Mississauga has a skyline!
Don’t be alarmed but Mississauga has developed a skyline! (I took this photo from my west-facing balcony this morning). What’s great is that...
By Matthew Blackett -
Building Storeys: Long Live the Guild
The Guild Inn, 2008, by Olena Sullivan. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Heritage Toronto’s Gary Miedema final post in his series on at-risk heritage...
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Event Guide: The Toronto Trilogy — Architecture for Humanity lecture series
Architecture for Humanity Toronto (a4hTO) is presenting its 2009 Lecture Series starting next Monday. This year the lectures are hosted by the Design...
By Dylan Reid