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By Matthew Blackett

  • Queen West fire

    The fire on Queen Street West near Bathurst is all over the news today. Five buildings are seriously damaged, Duke’s Cycle is gone and the building...

  • LRT’s greatest smash hits

    I’ve often thought that Toronto streetcars should have some kind of camera attached to its front end to document the cars that whip past while...

  • POLL: Should the province take control of the TTC?

    All over the headlines today is speculation on whether the province/Metrolinx should take over the TTC in order to co-ordinate regional transit planning...

  • Let’s get this (political) party started?

    Spacing’s editor Dale Duncan wrote a great piece in this week’s Eye Weekly that discusses the possibility of political parties at the...

  • Razing Bishop’s Block to save it

    At the corner of University and Adelaide, an empty parking is slowly being converted into a luxury condo. But in my opinion, its the heritage building...

  • TEST: Which year was this photo taken?

    A few weeks ago, I posted a Toronto Archives photo challenging Spacing Toronto readers to guess the year it was captured. With the city currently...

  • Sidewalk cleared before road? Really?!?

    Spacing Toronto contributors have been writing up a storm of posts about snow removal on sidewalks and roads. We learned that the City didn’t start...

  • Smug on smog

    You gotta love it when someone knows they’re doing something environmentally destructive, such as driving an SUV, but still finds it necessary to be...

  • Toronto’s history in phone numbers

    When I was growing up in the Toronto suburb of Willowdale, the community where “Downtown North York” is located, almost all of my friends had...

  • Frozen in Grand Central Station

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo[/youtube] Back in June 2006, I wrote about the group Improv Everywhere. Their latest stunt in New...

  • Snow storm stories, Part II

    Back in December, we asked readers to share their winter storm stories with us. We received some great vignettes, including a plethora of tales about...

  • A “thriller” of a ride on London’s Tube

    Its close to midnight and something evils lurking in the dark, Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart, You try to scream but...