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By Matthew Blackett

  • GIFT GUIDE: Transit Maps of the World book

    If you are scrambling for gifts for your urban-obsessed friends, you should consider buying the book “Transit Maps of the World” published by...

  • Snow storm stories

    When I looked out of my apartment window at 8am Sunday morning I could see nothing but white. It scared me, so I went back to bed for a few more hours...

  • Time lapse Toronto

    [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=0KohSucx_9o[/youtube] video by Reboot Your Computer I have a weak spot for time lapse videos. It may have to do with...

  • Rating the walkability of your neighbourhood

    In the fall, I stumbled across an interesting web site called Walk Score dedicated to rating the walkability of neighbourhoods. Originally, it was only...

  • TTC subway map in Chinese

    Recently, Statistics Canada released a report that analysed a number of trends across the country, and one of the findings showed Toronto to be a growing...

  • Growth of density in Toronto since 1971

    [flv]http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/analysis/popdwell/maps/animations/CMAs/Toronto.swf[/flv] While I was catching up on Spacing Montreal posts...

  • We will not save the environment until…

    Spacing is a big fan of Toronto’s Poet Laureate, Pier Giorgio DiCicco. He is a Roman Catholic priest who writes wonderful poetry and has written an...

  • Give the GTTA a Better Name Contest

    As Spacing Toronto contributor Sean Marshall posted the other day, the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA) has rebranded itself Metrolinx. The...

  • Cultural guerrillas restore Paris’ Pantheon clock

    Here in Toronto, we like to revel in the actions of guerrilla activists who do things to try and better our everyday lives: the Urban Repair Squad...

  • The smells of Toronto

    Even though we’ve just released our new issue we are already at work on Spacing’s spring 2008 edition and we’re looking for some help...

  • Vancouver’s next tower and thoughts high up

    The above graphic might look like the cover of an Isaac Asimov book, but its actually noted west coast architect Richard Henriquez’s proposal for an...

  • France’s rail strike

    A strike in France seems like a contagious thing: with the rail services across the country going on strike recently, a number of other groups are walking...