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By Matthew Blackett

  • Ad creep that looks cool but isn’t that cool

    The TTC streetcar shelter at King and Bathurst was recently converted into a 3D ad for Coors Light. The artistic side of me can see the creativity in an...

  • A camper bike in China

    If you follow Spacing on Twitter, you’ll notice that we tend to provide a lot of links and re-tweets that don’t make it onto the Spacing...

  • Storm watch: Sam Javanrouh’s time-lapse

    Toronto Lightning Storm from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo. Spacing photo contributor Sam Javanrouh captured a recent lightning storm in a great time-lapse series.

  • Mayor to hold press conference about strike

    Earlier today, Mayor Miller sent out a press release saying even though the City’s outside workers had agreed to a deal he wouldn’t be talking...

  • The real Hug Me Tree returns!

    The Hug Me Tree, the infamous tree stump on Queen West at Peter and felled almost one year ago, has returned to it’s original location. Since Nuit...

  • Fiery photography from up high

    Occasionally on this blog, I’ve talked with pride of my 24th-floor balcony view in the deep south of Parkdale. Mostly I brag about watching storms...

  • Moonwalking Dundas Square

    Moonwalkers from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo. When Michael Jackson’s death was announced, I never gave any thought to the possibility that Spacing would...

  • Help Spacing compile Toronto clock tower list

    Spacing is hard at work on our summer-fall 2009 issue, but with the on-going City strike, services like the Toronto Archives and the fine people at...

  • City adds more garbage drop-off locations

    The City of Toronto has announced 19 new locations to drop-off your garbage.The following is a press release sent out by the City earlier today.

  • Development signs of the times

    Back in July 2008, I bemoaned the City of Toronto’s lack of decent signage for public notices related to development applications. Having spent a...

  • Strike!

    A few links for you: • The City of Toronto’s contingency plans for the strike • Talks collapse, City workers on strike [ Toronto Star ...

  • Feds reject funding for streetcars

    According to the Globe and Mail, another twist has developed in the political soap opera centred around federal funding of Toronto’s streetcars...