By Matthew Blackett
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Billboards we like
A group of young anti-war activists liberated a billboard in Los Angeles to make their voices heard. You can watch the Quick Time video by clicking here.
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Finding the soul of Toronto
Spacing‘s friend Pier Girogio DiCicco, Toronto’s poet laureate, wrote an emotional piece in the Star about Toronto and the city’s search...
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Community garden in Kensington
A mystery washing machine, filled with dirt and flowers, has appeared on sidewalks around Kensington over the last few weeks. Spacing intern Liz Worth...
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Changing tides of Chinatown
From the Toronto Star today: “Community leaders believe two seemingly contradictory goals — clinging to tradition and more savvy marketing...
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Urban Oases
The amazing Jeff Chapman has a wonderful website called Urban Oases that chronicles his, uh, times spent in Toronto fountains. He writes: “What is...
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Cutting trees to save trees
Approximately 7,000 trees will be cut down in Toronto and Vaughan in an attempt to stop the ongoing Asian long-horned beetle infestation. The massive...
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Alley Jaunt
If you need an art fix this weekend, Alley Jaunt is your poison. This Saturday and Sunday, the back alley garages surrounding Trinity Bellwoods Park are...
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Graffiti Is Art
Graffiti Education: A seminar, from the Artist’s perspective History, significance, appreciation, culture, style, future? Next Seminar: Tuesday...
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The City as a Playground
Back in Spacing #3 (Work & Play issue, Dec. 2004) we profiled parkour and urban games. The Star and the Globe have recently caught on to these...
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Transit geeks can make their kids transit geeks
If you have a little one on a school vacation and want to start your pro-transit brainwashing (which we encourage) you should check out this event taking...
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Pedestrian death and transit safety
The TTC and Toronto Police are launching a safety campaign that targets aggressive drivers, impatient cyclists, and pedestrians running into traffic to...
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Sim City comes to life
From Boy Reporter Ron Nurwisah: Remember Sim City, the wildly popular game that let you be your own Robert Moses (or Jane Jacobs), constructing cities...