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  • TV on transit

    You may have noticed that the high-definition video screens are being installed throughout the subway system. About half the screen shows 15 to 30 second...

  • Street furniture, pregnant transit riders, and idling busses

    A few things from the Star today: 1. An article on street furniture and how the city is about to put a call out for a RFP. 2. An article about pregnant...

  • Some good readings

    A few tasty reads for you: here are three recent columns from Christopher Hume at the Star. The first column is about the public art at Toronto’s...

  • The Suburban Party

    Our friends at the Toronto Free Gallery are hosting The Suburban Party (Friday, Feb 17, 2006) during our exhibit of In Transit. They’ll take the...

  • Queen Street of Hearts

    Those crazy kids from Newmindspace were at it again — last night/this morning a team of chalker made a mural of hearts along Queen Street West from...

  • Seattle’s waterfront revitalization

    There are many similar parallels between Toronto’s and Seattle’s waterfront revitalization projects. The only real difference is that their...

  • SPACING: Public Space Invaders film night Feb. 28

    WHEN: Tuesday, February 28th • doors @ 7pm, films start @ 7:20pm WHERE: Drake Hotel Underground • 1150 Queen St. West HOW MUCH: $5-10 sliding...

  • A little more ad creep

    Some of our readers have been emailing us about the new Pattison ad pillars (NOW magazine had a small piece on them this week). The structures are new...

  • Seattle’s department of neighbourhoods

    In the fall, Spacing, Professor Pamela Robinson of Ryerson University, and the Metcalf Foundation presented two lectures by out-of-the-box thinkers from...

  • Toronto’s design review panel

    Design Review Panel pilot project for Toronto WHEN: February 13, 2006, 7-9pm, FREE WHERE: Metro Hall Council Chamber, 55 John Street Design Review Panels...

  • The morning headlines

    Some of the morning headlines left me feeling a little glum today: • TTC hikes fares but won’t cut service in the Toronto Star &bull...

  • TTC fare increase of 25 cents

    The TTC will raise fares by 25 cents starting April 1, the TTC commissioners voted today. I can’t fault the City or the TTC — the province...