By Matthew Blackett
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Metrolinx releases long-term GTA transit plans
Metrolinx has released its report on transit funding in the GTA region. The Star has a good article outlining the plans: A $50 billion plan to build new...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Holy Family Cat
The “H” in Catholic has fallen off the wall of the Holy Family Catholic School in Parkdale. It’s all the more funny with this warning...
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Portraits from the People Issue release party
Last night, Spacing celebrated the release of our People Issue, the 12th installment of the magazine. We had a blast in the rec-room-styled Canadian...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: “dinning” room available
On Weston Road, in the Mt. Dennis neighbourhood. A “dinning room” would be loud and unpleasant, I suspect.
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The effects of CNE parking in Parkdale
From the start of August, the southern part of Parkdale is transformed by two major events: Caribana and the CNE. A huge influx of people descend on the...
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Nowtopia
On Thursday at Cinecycle (129 Spadina Ave), I am part of the This Is Not A Reading Series event welcoming Chris Carlsson to Toronto (check out the...
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Pedestrian scramble time-lapse
Spacing teamed up with the highly-regarded photoblogger Sam Javanrouh to create a fun time-lapse of the new Yonge-Dundas pedestrian scramble (see below)...
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Ready, set, scramble!
The scramble intersection at Yonge and Dundas was activated this morning. Pedestrians were slightly confused early on, but by the time the TV cameras and...
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Advertising in bike lanes
For those of you still on vacation (or you have the ability to listen to radio while at work), I just finished a half-hour appearance on Ontario Today...
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Toronto bike mag set to launch
Our friends over at Dandyhorse magazine are ready to launch Toronto’s newest bike culture magazine. Many Spacing contributors — including...
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Why street-side trees are dying, part III
One year ago I posted about a set of five dead or dying trees at the Yonge and Finch intersection (see photo above), and two weeks ago I followed up with...
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Queen West “Hug Me” tree finds a new home
As we first reported yesterday, the fabled graffiti tree at Queen West and Peter, also known as the “Hug Me” tree, fell over ending its near...