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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • Cyclists promote friendlier streets

    The last six months in Toronto has seen the bike vs. car rhetoric reach new heights, but the Toronto Cyclists Union is trying to change that. They have...

  • How to encourage stairs instead of escalators

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw[/youtube] I’m one of those annoying people who you find walking up the stairs of a subway...

  • Spacing Radio is looking for interns

    Spacing Radio is looking for people to help out with our bi-weekly podcast. Whether you’re a working journalist or a postsecondary student looking...

  • Spacing at Word on the Street

    WORD ON THE STREET WHEN: Sunday Sept. 27, 2009, 10am-6pm, rain or shine WHERE: Queen’s Park Circle (Museum & Queen’s Park stations) This...

  • 2009 Toronto Urban Design Award winners

    On Monday evening, the 2009 Toronto Urban Design Awards were handed out to a variety of winners (the event is held every two years). Submissions to the...

  • A political subway map

    Norway recently had a federal election. The newspaper Dagbladet produced an interesting infographic to show how people voted: it took the Oslo subway map...

  • Two cool short films at TIFF Tuesday

    While TIFF can be more about stargazing and seeing this fall’s eventual blockbuster movies, the film fest can also uncover some fantastic short...

  • Pages: an afterword

    Pages owner Marc Glassman and Pages staff throughout the ages Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate 30 years of Pages Books and Magazines at the...

  • Spacing up for national newsstand award

    Spacing is happy to be finalist for a Canadian Newsstand Award (small magazine) for our Fall 2008- Winter 2009 issue (for the third time in four years...

  • 42 Folding Bikes vs. One Car

    Sometimes it takes a visual illustration to make the strongest argument. The above image is 42 Brompton folding bikes placed in one parking spot. The...

  • Hamburg’s subway station designs

    Back in the spring, I spent a month in northern Europe and Scandinavia checking out the great cities of Copenhagen, Malmo, Gothenberg, and Hamburg. Each...

  • Storm City

    The storms that rocked Toronto yesterday were wild. I rushed home from the Spacing office to avoid getting drenched and arrived just in time to take a...