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By Matthew Blackett

  • Your Toronto faves

    A local site has been started called Our Faves that has some fun potential. It encourages users to share their favourite things about Toronto: the obvious...

  • On-street parking — for bikes!

    While Toronto celebrates Bike Week, and the City makes proud announcements that should just be commonplace, we should be looking at what other cities have...

  • Graffiti Portraits on Spacing Photos

    Starting today and running for the next two weeks, Spacing photo intern Susheela Nirmalan-Nathan documents the faces in Toronto’s graffiti murals on...

  • Opening of ROM and a pulse on the waterfront

    Last night I showed up late to the opening of the ROM crystal — somewhere around 1:30am. I was amazed to see so many people still milling about...

  • Saturday’s headlines

    Pulse Front at Harbourfront, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer • Has the cultural renaissance begun? [ Toronto Star ] • Renaissance ROM, finally realized...

  • Where should Toronto’s pedestrian mall be?

    Last summer, I spent some time in Stockholm, Sweden with a few friends. We were attending a wedding of a friend, but scheduled a lot of time to wander the...

  • Save Sam’s signs

    Yesterday, we posted about the closing of Sam The Record Man on Yonge and openly wondered what should be done with the distinctive signage. Some suggested...

  • Wayfinding in Winnipeg

    I recently came across an article about the new wayfinding signs that Winnipeg has installed. There are 101 spread out through the city, but mostly...

  • What should they do with Sam the Record Man’s sign?

    It’s sad to read that Sam The Record Man store on Yonge Street is closing. I love the corner it occupies — it’s a Toronto landmark for...

  • Buffalo’s waterfront and the opening of the ROM’s Crystal

    As a die-hard Maple Leaf fan growing up, I was taught to despise every nearby NHL team, which meant hating Buffalo since it was the Leafs’ nearest...

  • Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington this weekend

    Help kick-off the first Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market this weekend. Show up anytime after 1pm on Sunday and stroll through streets empty of cars...

  • Imagining Toronto: how writers capture the city

    Haunted subway tunnels? A riot at Christie Pits? The CN Tower toppled into Lake Ontario? Spacing columnist Amy Lavender Harris (Imagining Toronto) and...