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  • Give feedback on TTC video screens

    The City of Toronto and the TTC are asking for your opinions on their new video screens that are slowly being installed on subway station platforms. You...

  • SPACING: last call for submissions

    Spacing presents our second annual Public Space Invaders film night on Tuesday, February 28th at the Drake Hotel. We have received a good stack of...

  • Contrary to reports, not everyone hates Toronto

    John Bentley Mays reviews uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto, in today’s Globe and Mail (FYI, 16 of the 34 contributors to uTOpia are also Spacing...

  • Toronto and tall buildings

    TALL BUILDINGS ~ Who is Planning Our City? Wednesday January 25, 7:30-9:30pm, free St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts 27 Front Street East (2 blocks east of...

  • Free metre parking for green vehicles

    Salt Lake City, Utah became the fourth municipality in the States to offer free parking to the owners of fuel-efficient vehicles. Salt Lake City is...

  • A Harper win means a TTC fare hike?

    City Councillor and TTC Commissioner Joe Mihevc raised the possibility of a fare hike if the Tories win the federal election in the Toronto Star today...

  • The art of noise

    Received this tip from Spacing Wire reader James Koole — an interesting sound project from New York City. Basically, you can use sound captured from...

  • SPACING: Toronto designers wins Chicago recycle bin contest

    SPACING.ca FEATURE: In the summer of 2005, the American Institute of Architects/Chicago Young Architects Forum called for design submissions for an...

  • 21st century bike racks

    I came across an interesting new design for bike racks called a Cyclepod [via]. It holds eight bikes, can come with a canopy, and seems to maximize space...

  • Bird flap

    Just over a year ago in our Work & Play issue, Spacing published an article on FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program), an organization that focuses on...

  • Harper on cities; a Liberal scandal on the waterfront?

    While it took years of lobbying and persuasion for the federal government to finally start investing in cities, a Conservative victory may wash that hard...

  • SPACING: In Transit gallery show

    Spacing presents: IN TRANSIT OPENING NIGHT PARTY: Thurs. January 19, 2006 7pm WHERE: Toronto Free Gallery 660 Queen St. E. WHEN: show runs from Jan...