By Matthew Blackett
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Thimble art starts to measure up
Spacing‘s very own Shawn Micallef had a piece about the thimble public art piece found at the northeast corner of Richmond and Spadina in the...
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Monday’s links to weekend articles
This is the best photo of Toronto I have seen in a long time. It was posted in Torontoist’s Flickr Pool and is making the rounds on the internet...
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“We’re all pedestrians” campaign wins award
While we at Spacing have serious beefs with outdoor advertising, we do have a sense of humour and can appreciate creativity when we see it. So kudos to...
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Giambrone takes the helm of TTC
The new council appointed commissioners to the TTC yesterday, with Miller ally and second-term councillor Adam Giambrone assuming the position of chair...
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Nathan Phillips Square re-design finalists announced
photo by Sam Javanrouh • see it larger A short-list of finalists have been annouced in the re-design of Nathan Phillips Square. The jury studied...
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Thursday’s compendium of links
Moscoe touts landlord licences [Toronto Star]: You need a licence to drive a car, why not a licence to be a landlord? That seems to be the thinking behind...
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TO’s new city council: on your marks, get set, go!
Toronto Star columnist Royson James, who belittled David Miller for almost the entire election campaign (two or three days before election day James...
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Outer Space: public realm articles from around the world
St. Pancras in London, England, from The Guardian • The world’s most beautiful train stations [ The Guardian ] • San Diego’s...
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The scorched-earth reality of new councillors
Two weeks ago on our Spacing Votes blog, Karen MacKenzie wrote about the transition process faced by newly elected councillors. The article touched on the...
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Articles on bike art, city hall stuff, farmer’s market, and a cool bridge
Here are a few articles from the weekend that are wroth exploring if you haven’t already. Art to hold your eye, and your bike [Globe and Mail]...
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Whose space is public space?
Jerrold Litwinenko at BlogTO had a good post yesterday on public space surveillance, and the comment section has a good debate going. Last week, when a...
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Friday’s mid-afternoon links to run out the day
Kensington Market declared national historic site [National Post]: Kensington Market, that neighbourhood that has survived for 80 years as a good place to...