By John Lorinc
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LORINC: The Gordian Knot that is Toronto Island
In a city that loves to make, but not execute, plans and then overthink, but not solve, problems, there’s surely no better illustration of this...
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LORINC: The case for adaptive re-use of Ontario Science Centre
Given all the powerful arguments articulated by commentators like Elsa Lam, in Canadian Architect, or Alex Bozikovic, in The Globe and Mail, there’s...
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LORINC: The public space miracle of the moveable chair (redux)
In 1979, when the renowned American sociologist William (Holly) Whyte published The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces — which is, let’s face it, a...
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LORINC: Toronto’s transit agenda has gone missing
A day or so before the deadline for a threatened TTC strike, New York State governor Kathy Hochul torpedoed a much anticipated and controversial...
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LORINC: Major planning change for Toronto’s major streets
Though it normally seems as if the gears of Toronto’s planning machinery are barely moving, the reforms of the past four years add up to what will...
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LORINC: It’s time to talk about the Committee of Adjustment
The building pictured above — a three storey walk-up with five units — is located at the end of the block where I live. I’ve always thought of it as...
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What is the cost of ransomware attack on Toronto Library?
This is a follow up to Spacing’s five=part series on the ransomware attack on the Toronto Public Library in the fall of 2023. Part I: Toronto Public...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. V
This is part five in a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing The Toronto Public Library’s chief librarian, Vickery...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. IV
By John Lorinc and Sakeina Syed Although TPL officials maintained an official no-comment stance for much of the shutdown — TPL chief librarian Vickery...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. III
This is a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing At some point in mid-2020, with the pandemic raging, the Toronto Public...
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Spacing investigation: Toronto Public Library ransomware attack, pt. II
This is a five-part series independently produced and investigated by Spacing On October 29, a Sunday, a TPL branch manager got a call on his cell from...
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How did Toronto the Good become Toronto the Slow?
Here’s an interesting chronological footnote about this week’s much-hyped GTA-wide “One Fare” integration announcement, which will...