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By Matthew Blackett

  • Today’s headlines

    Ryerson’s new Sally Horsfall Eaton Centre for Studies in Community Health • Dirty beaches spark debate in Ajax [ Toronto Star ] • Hume...

  • Vacant Lots: Just Add Water

    Spacing’s public art editor Leah Sandals has been a participant in the Vacant Lots exhibition that is running out of the Toronto Free Gallery...

  • The Urban Etiquette Handbook

    Spacing has a feature in the magazine called the Manners Duck. Our resident etiquette expert dishes out what acts are acceptable (or not) while...

  • Chalk mapping Queen West

    From the fellow who brought us the cute little zine of the Bloor Viaduct during the Apocolypse! Paul Dotey maps the Queen West neighbourhood tonight at...

  • Today’s public space headlines

    BB King at the rebuilt Colonial Tavern, 1977 • City’s oldest firehall show its age [ Globe and Mail ] • Construction begins on new...

  • Great post on Toronto laneways

    Amy Lavender Harris wrote a great little piece on Toronto laneways on the Reading Toronto blog. When it rains, I think of the laneway behind our Junction...

  • Toronto’s street signs

    In the Winter 2006 issue of Spacing, I wrote about the new street signs that the City is implementing. Here’s an excerpt: There are some good things...

  • Register for Toronto Green Building Festival

    Toronto Regional Green Building Festival Second Annual Conference and Trade Show October 31 – November 01, 2006 Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 250...

  • Art Attacked!

    Check out the photos of Art Attack by Jerrold from Blog TO.

  • Toronto Star’s “What If…” section continues

    Spacing was excited to be referenced a few times in the Toronto Star’s “What If…” section back in April. The paper used a few...

  • Greenpeace: You’re a prick if you drive an SUV

    Greenpeace has released a 90-second commercial that takes dead aim at SUV drivers. While I appreciate the cheekiness of this ad, I ‘m not sure this...

  • Today’s public space headlines

    • Skateboarders, nature lovers in weedy tug-of-war [ Globe and Mail ] • One cool ride [ Globe and Mail ] • Goodbye to accidental landmark ...