By Matthew Blackett
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Castles in the Sky: massive public intervention on Saturday
CASTLES IN THE SKY WHEN: Saturday, July 7th 2007 MEET AT: Bloor + Spadina (SE corner) @ 7:07 PM HOW MUCH: Free and all ages! Bring subway fare + bubbles...
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Photoblogging, feline style
Gotta love this project — a German fellow rigged up a keychain digital camera to take a photo every 2.5 minutes and attached it to his cat’s...
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Cycling-only streets in Winnipeg
Spacing photographer Bouke Salverda was recently in Winnipeg and snapped this shot of a street sign indicating it’s a cycling-only street on Sundays...
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SPACING POLL: how many bikes have been stolen from you?
About this time every year a friend tells me they’ve had their bike stolen. Three years ago I had my bike of 10 years stolen from me while I manned...
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All along my watchtower
I recently moved into a high-rise apartment in the most southernly part of Parkdale. My place is on the 24th floor and overlooks Humber Bay and most of...
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Adding art to our street furniture
Ecomedia, the new company that bought out EUCAN and took control of Toronto’s silver box waste bins, introduced an interesting program today that is...
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Los Angeles’ cyclist vs. motorist relationship
A year and a half ago, Adam Krawesky captured a conflict on camera (above photo series) between a motorist and a cyclist, and most Spacing Wire readers...
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OURTOPIAS: Bringing humanity to housing
Jessica Hume will be covering the Ourtopias at the Design Exchange June 15 to 16 for the Spacing Wire. “Ourtopias: Ideal cities and the roles of design...
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Road tolls, hybrid taxis, retrofits of buildings!
From today’s Toronto Star [ read full article ]: Tolls on Toronto-area highways, a ban on gas-powered lawnmowers and leaf blowers, a requirement for...
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Graffiti Portraits: June 13th
Spacing photo intern Susheela Nirmalan-Nathan documents the faces in Toronto’s graffiti murals on our photoblog Spacing Photos. See it larger here.
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Postcard image of Toronto
Over the weekend, Mark Medley had an article in the National Post that asked a variety of city thinkers (including myself) what the impact the opening of...
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Sam The Record Man’s neon sign to be auctioned
The folks at Torontoist just posted this: Sam The Record Man’s contents are going to be auctioned off, including the neon signs, on Wednesday, June...