By Dylan Reid
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Weekend diversions
“Sidewalk Psychiatry” is a public-art sidewalk project that plays with the fact that people often think about personal issues while they walk...
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Property taxes are weird
Property taxes are weird. They don’t work like other taxes. I’ve been trying to get my head around them for a few years now. In the run-up to...
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Report on the Walk 21 Community Conference
On Saturday March 1, the City of Toronto, with TCAT and Spacing, held the “Walk 21 Community Conference,” where eight local experts who had...
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Jarvis Street transformation project — consultations
The City of Toronto is undertaking a major project to improve Jarvis Street — once a beautiful avenue of mansions, but now a rather unappealing...
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Waiting for 501
An unauthorized sequel to Waiting for Godot. With apologies to Samuel Beckett. – – – – – – – – –...
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One Book: Campbell House
He walked west along Queen Street, away from the centre of town. On the northwest corner of University and Queen sat a little building called Campbell...
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I can feel it coming in the subway tonight …
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=AF-KagTq7qY[/youtube] To continue with our theme of public space performances, here for your Sunday afternoon...
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Sustainable transportation plans galore
London, England has just unveiled a jaw-dropping new plan to greatly increase the amount of walking and cycling in the city. London plans to spend the...
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Panel Discussion: Manufacturing Neighbourhoods
The second event in the Building Sustainability Lecture Series organized by Architecture for Humanity is coming up. The first lecture was completely full...
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One Book: Natural Light
They did not have the benefit of Mr. Ennis’s skylight to effect the passage of light into the room, but the front south-facing window was almost as...
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Snow jobs
This image, captured by Spacing’s web developer Michael Pereira after one of our recent snowstorms, pretty much says all there is to say about the...
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Walk21 Toronto Community Conference
In October last year, Toronto hosted the major international conference about walking, Walk21. Experts from around the world, including Toronto, spoke on...