By Shawn Micallef
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As Indiana Jones as we wanna be: a new Spacing series following the Government House archeological dig at Fort York
Like many museums, Fort York shows off only part of its collection. In traditional museums, it’s simply a fact of space: there just isn’t...
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StrollCity wants your tweets on Toronto subway screens
Yesterday a new edition of the StrollCity project began. Much of my day is spent on a computer, but Twitter let me keep an eye on what’s going on in...
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The Fort York Bridge: how I learned to stop worrying and love that Toronto sucks
This is a stupid old story that we’re all bored with, but you know when people mumble “Toronto sucks” or “Toronto isn’t...
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Annual Toronto the Good party Thursday May 12
WHAT: Toronto the Good party WHERE: Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto WHEN: May 12, 2011, 5PM – 1AM HOW MUCH: Free entry, cash bar Dear...
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Rob Ford Toronto graffiti crackdown personal?
As Spacing‘s Dylan Reid wrote earlier today, Mayor Rob Ford is cracking down on graffiti in Toronto. The above picture was taken on April 29, 2010...
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Celebrate Toronto’s 177th birthday on Sunday supporting Toronto’s First Post Office
WHAT: Celebrate Toronto’s 177th birthday WHERE: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King Street East WHEN: Sunday, March 6, 7:30PM WHY: To benefit...
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The last trams of Glasgow
As more and more (and more and more and more) cities return to and install light rail and streetcars, this film from Glasgow captures that time in the...
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SkyDome construction in two and a half minutes + 22 year old skyline flashback
Ellis Don Construction posted this time-lapse video of the SkyDome under construction. “Two and a half years in two and a half minutes” they...
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Rock & Roll Urbanism: The Pretenders & My City Was Gone
With the Empress Hotel fire on Yonge Street last week our thoughts have been turned to the city’s built form and how to better preserve the worthy...
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Fort York New Years Day Levee with Ontario’s Lieutenant-Governor
Our friend’s at Fort York provide a suitably regal post-New Years Eve event to welcome in 2011. WHAT: Lieutenant-Governor’s Levee at Fort York...
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Back to the Mothership: What Toronto can learn from London (and why we’re OK too)
The following is a (slightly different) reprint of my recent Eye Weekly cover story I wrote after a November trip to London. I’ve included a number...
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Rebel Mayor, social media & the Toronto municipal election
The following is a reprint of my Eye Weekly Psychogeography column looking back on the Rebel Mayor twitter character and some thoughts on how social was...