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By Matthew Blackett

  • Spacing & Eye Weekly present mayors’ event

    MONDAY NOVEMBER 6 Revival, 783 College Street (a few blocks east of Ossington) Door open @ 7pm, Event starts @ 8pm, Musical guest after 10pm FREE During...

  • Carpooling lanes saving time for GTA commuters

    According to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, GTA commuters can save up to 25 minutes if they use carpooling lanes. And more high-occupancy vehicle...

  • Protesters greet Porter Airlines

    About 30 protesters greeted the frist group of travellers on Porter Airlines, the Toronto Star reports. You can also read a feature by a Star repoter...

  • Hume: fear of tall buildings silly

    Christopher Hume thinks Toronto’s aversion to tall buildings is silly. What can be said of a city that fears growing up? In Toronto’s case...

  • Mute’s photos speaking loudly

    Spacing is lucky to use the wonderful images produced by Toronto’s ever-expanding photoblogger community. The top image is behind the GAO, while the...

  • Toronto’s High Anxiety

    High Anxiety: Can We Get the City and Skyline We Deserve? Thursday, October 19. Doors open at 6:30pm. Event begins at 7:00pm. Free. No registration...

  • What’s on Spacing Votes

    Each week we round-up the Spacing Votes posts from the previous seven days into a nice, digestable size. Over the next three weeks we’ll also be...

  • Put traffic lights at highway entrances, professor says

    The National Post ran a little article about highway congestion. I’d be interested to hear readers’ thoughts on this idea. GTA highways are...

  • Miller needs waterfront more than it needs him

    Christopher Hume writes in Saturday’s paper about how Mayor Miller needs the waterfront more than it needs him. [ read entire article ] At this...

  • Manhole cover bathmat

    I know the holiday season is still a little ways off, but it’s never too early to start thinking about gifts for your most urban-obsessed friends...

  • Prevent it — ad creep, that is

    The WSIB has an interesting ad campaign about preventing injuries in the workplace. They also have an excellent web site to demonstrate potential hazards...

  • Pitfield takes Spacing’s word — literally!

    Sometimes candidates, and their campaign teams, take action without putting much thought into the consequences. And we think Jane Pitfield’s team...