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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Matthew Blackett

  • Illegal billboards and the Ontario Superior Court

    One of the galvanizing issues that helped start Spacing was the incremental intrusion of billboards and advertising into the public realm (what we call...

  • 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...

  • Old TTC tickets

    With the weather making it feel like spring, I decided to start clearing out some of my clutter. In doing so, I discovered two old TTC tickets in an...

  • Yonge-Bloor Square?

    Once a week I pass through the intersection of Yonge and Bloor. Most people see the Yonge-Bloor intersection as one of the city’s most prominent...

  • The Parkdale seal: 1879-1889

    The 1998 creation of the “megacity”, a merger of all of metro Toronto’s cities and boroughs, was the last in a long line of annexations...

  • Sidewalk graffiti, hydro-style

    Never mind avoiding stepping on cracks in the sidewalk — look out for the hydro covers! As many Torontonians are aware, Hydro Toronto has a problem...

  • A subway washroom worth discovering

    While my multiple jobs at Spacing keeps me almost entirely focused on public spaces outside, I do have a fascination with indoor spaces and how they are...

  • POLL: What should be the name of Toronto’s proposed Downtown Relief Line?

    photo by Kevin Steele Last week, Spacing readers (and many Torontonians) became rather excited by the prospect of a downtown relief subway line (DRL)...

  • Street signs of the times

    Toronto’s new street signs are beginning to appear at intersections across the city. About five years ago the City of Toronto began the process of...

  • Home Depot pulls out of Queen-Bathurst development

    Spacing reader Darwin O’Connor pointed us towards a developing story on development: Home Depot has pulled out of the Queen-Portland construction...

  • Help uncover Toronto’s hidden gems

    As many of you already know, Spacing runs a regular feature in our magazine called “Hidden Gems.” The articles in each issue usually focuses...

  • An idea to light bike lanes with lasers

    A very cool idea called Light Lane has been making a splash on the Interweb over the last few days. The basic concept is a laser gadget attached to a bike...