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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Matthew Blackett

  • What’s old should be new again at transit stops

    The above image, at Bloor and Jane circa 1937, was used in Spacing‘s Spring/Summer 2006 issue as part of a feature on bus and streetcar shelters...

  • Spacing 2007 calendar still available

    Now that the holidays are over and you don’t have to buy presents for anyone, you should splurge on yourself: pick up Spacing‘s 2007 calendar...

  • Best of 2006: cyclist-driver fight in Kensington

    The impact blogs can have on a news story became rather apparent in late January of 2006. Adam Krawesky, a Spacing contributor and one of Toronto’s...

  • Best of 2006: intervention

    The Best Intervention of 2006 goes to the bench installed, without permission of the City, outside of the Parkdale Library on Queen Street West. In...

  • Best of 2006: lists from around the continent

    Did you know that for the first time in North America there are more poor residents of suburbs than central cities? Or that America’s older...

  • Best of 2006: graffiti

    Graffiti has become the wallpaper of urban life as much of it tends to blend into the city landscape. But a creative person has been doing some fabulous...

  • Toronto in the news today

    Here are a list of articles that are worth reading today. • EDITORIAL: Miller faces tests on growth, budget [ Toronto Star ] • Miller mum on 25...

  • Merry Christmess, from Zanta

    Thanks to BlogTO for this tip — at Queen West and Gladstone (one block east of Dufferin), someone has either paid for a Zanta billboard or has...

  • Lots of links for the weekend

    We’re not sure how much we’ll be posting over the next few days, so here are a bunch of links to articles in local papers and a variety of...

  • Last-minute gift tip: New Orleans Bicycles

    Spacing contributor and Toronto photoblogging celeb Rannie Turingan will be filled with envy when he sees the book New Orleans Bicycles [ Mark Batty...

  • Last-minute gift tip: Metropolitan World Atlas

    Some of you may be sitting at your desk today trying to kill time for the rest of the day so you can get out from behind your desk and finish up your...

  • More high-occupancy lanes coming to highways

    The Toronto Star is reporting today that the Ontario government will announce major plans to expand the high-occupancy vehicle lanes. In early 2007, the...