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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Matthew Blackett

  • NYC & SF transit don’t like iPod subway maps

    In late August, the Spacing Wire reported on the wonderful website iPod Subway Maps. Designer William Bright created images of 12 cities’ subway...

  • Billboards and art in Halifax

    Whenever I see a billboard or ad that has little or no information on it, I suspect a sneaky but clever ad campaign. Contact, the photo festival that...

  • Human River on Garrison Creek

    The Human River — a walk along the hidden Garrison Creek Sunday October 2nd 2005, with different starting points along route The Garrison Creek...

  • Public Toilet summit

    Yes, there is a conference for every possible topic or vocation out there. The World Toilet Summit is wrapping up today in Belfast, Ireland. One of the...

  • Big blooming bunny art

    Spacing‘s next issue, due out in early November, is all about street and public art, so we are becoming increasingly aware of the controversy...

  • Capture the Flag

    CAPTURE THE FLAG! Bay Street Friday, September 30th // 8:30 PM // meet at King & Bay Capture the Flag, the massive urban game where teams hit the...

  • City Council this week

    There are some interesting things going down at September’s meeting of City Council. Here’s a primer: 1. Video screens on the Gardiner: As the...

  • Word on the Street wrap-up

    Word on the Street was fun for us at Spacing. Though it looked like it may rain at any minute, it held off until late Sunday evening, long after we had...

  • The Health Impacts of Sprawl

    Our friends at the Ontario Smart Growth Network present a great little event that connects urban sprawl with the increasing obesity of North American...

  • SPACING EVENT: City Club of Toronto?

    The City Club of Toronto? Ideas and Experiences from Portland Spacing invites you out to an event we are helping promote. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005 &bull...

  • Bumvertising

    I was up the other night watching the Daily Show when they did a report on Bumvertising. Benjamin Rogovy, a 22-year-old “entrepreneur”, as...

  • Guerrilla Gardening in the Star (again)

    Yes, it was only two weeks ago when the Toronto Star did a feature on Guerrilla Gardening, but Christopher Hume looks at the act of vandalizing with...