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By Matthew Blackett

  • Toronto pedestrians may get to scramble

    [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=BmAe-OjtX6o[/youtube] It seems Toronto is starting to think like a global city, at least when it comes to pedestrians...

  • Rob Ford is City Hall’s star pupil. Seriously.

    The Toronto Sun published an article today on the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation report card on City Hall. Guess who is at the top of the list, the...

  • Guilt-free lawnmower

    Here’s a good winter project for the cycling enthusiasts out there who have large yards: combine a bike and hand-push  lawnmower. via TreeHugger 

  • What if humans did the surveillance?

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLHE99tsXZ0[/youtube] One of the most broadly debated topics about public space is the use of video surveillance...

  • Miller allows private donation to open rinks

    If there ever was a sign of how desperate the City of Toronto’s financial situation has become: Mayor David Miller has accepted MasterCard’s...

  • Strange sights over Lake Ontario

    I’ve been debating whether to write this post for a few days, but I thought it would be worth sharing no matter what kind of reservations I have. On...

  • The public square we never got

    Stephen Otto, one of the board members of the Friends of Fort York, slipped a print-out under Spacing’s office door a few weeks ago. It was the...

  • Rogers thinks the sidewalk is my space

    Glad to see communications giant Rogers is into graffiti. If they feel it’s appropriate to do this to a public sidewalk, is it okay for any of us to...

  • Spacing Montréal launch party photos

    We officially launched Spacing Montréal this weekend and attracted a wonderful assortment of folks to le Cagibi. The place was packed and our...

  • POLL: do you plan to drive on Car Free Day?

    Today is international Car Free Day. Toronto’s celebration of this important day is embarrassing compared to what other cities are doing (even the...

  • TTC subway growth animation contest finalists!

    We’ve had a number of great submissions for our impromptu TTC subway growth animation contest. So many good submissions, in fact, that we...

  • TTC typography and advertising domination

    The ever-thorough Joe Clark has two excellent posts that you should definitely know about. The first post involves a lengthy look at the TTC’s...