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By Matthew Blackett

  • Ben Kerr honour with laneway

    The legend of Ben Kerr lives on. Kerr, the perennial mayoral candidate and late great performer from the corner of Yonge and Bloor, is having a laneway...

  • The nostalgia of phone booths

    A few years ago I taught an independent media class at Humber College. One of my assignments for the students was to create a tiny publication for...

  • TTC wants to install screen doors on subway platforms

    [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=i7rdsUa1MBU[/youtube] The TTC recently asked for RFP submissions on subway platform screens. These structures would be...

  • Montrealers loving Spacing

    Spacing Toronto is very happy to see that our sister blog, Spacing Montreal, has been voted the fourth favourite blog by Montrealers in the alt weekly The...

  • Exploring laundromats

    Last month, Spacing photography intern Christine Mullen spent numerous mornings wandering in and out of the city’s laundromats. These...

  • SPACING PRESENTS: thinkToronto urban design ideas competition

    thinkTORONTO is a Spacing-sponsored urban design ideas competition. The competition will help Spacing celebrate the magazine’s 5th anniversary in...

  • UK band makes video using CCTV clips

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98u1HuqS7Nk[/youtube] The British band Get Out The Clause has struck creative gold: unable to afford to make a...

  • IKEA decorates subway interior

    In the weeks leading up to the mid-April opening of an Ikea store in Kobe, Japan, the Swedish furniture design giant has “redecorated” one of...

  • Pedestrianizing charrette of Huron & Willcocks at U of T

     HURON-WILLCOCKS PEDESTRIANIZATION CHARRETTE WHEN: May 8 & 29, 2008 TEAM BRIEFING: May 8, 3:30 pm, University of Toronto WHERE: Room 1017, Wilson...

  • Spacing release party photos

    Spacing’s spring 2008 issue release party at the Gladstone Hotel Sunday evening was a lot of fun and attracted over 200 people throughout the night...

  • SPACING RELEASE PARTY: Sunday May 4th

    WHEN: Sunday, May 4th, 2008 WHERE: Gladstone Hotel HOW MUCH: $7, includes copy of mag — $5 without mag and for subscribers TIME: 7:30pm to midnight...

  • High rise apartments and Transit City

    Map 1: Black dots represent Toronto’s modern apartments with existing rapid transit (click on map for larger version) Map 2: Clusters of...