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By Shawn Micallef

  • Toronto Reference Library 30th Anniversary

    Toronto’s greatest indoor public space is celebrating its 30th Anniversary tomorrow (Friday Nov. 2) with a day long program of events. Two years ago...

  • Concrete Toronto

    When I was young the Toronto of my imagination was not Victorian, precious or gingerbread in anyway. It was concrete. Slabs of it. Along the ground, up...

  • Richard Florida blogging for the Globe

    Noted urban thinker and expatriate American Richard Florida moved to Toronto earlier this year to take a position at the Rotman School at U of T and...

  • Go to Church for Halloweeen

    Don’t forget once the children have come and gone head to Church Street as it becomes pedestrian-only for the annual Halloween walkabout tonight...

  • My Toronto Video Contest: Last day to vote!

    Over the summer months we asked people to make their own promotional videos for Toronto. This city has always been a hard place to sum up, and marketing...

  • Planet in Focus opens tonight

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAgEeFv1TN4[/youtube] This week Toronto’s eco-film fest Planet in Focus (Oct 24-28) includes an exciting...

  • A debate we don’t have in Toronto

    We’ve all walked the streets of Toronto and seen some weird thing that makes us wonder if it’s art or just … a weird thing. In Brooklyn...

  • Heritage Toronto Awards

    Last week the Heritage Toronto Awards took place at the Carlu. Though we tend to think (often rightfully so) that Toronto tears down its history without a...

  • Liveblogging/commenting the great October Tax Vote

    This post is for those who may have already read Adam’s post earlier today but haven’t seen the updates. He is live blogging as the council...

  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=AqOTObjWGH8[/youtube] Last night on TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies — one of the best curated film...

  • One man’s Toronto

    Inspired by the My Toronto contest, Spacing contributor and Eye Weekly city editor Edward Keenan wrote up a treatment for what his commercial would...

  • Toronto’s Messy Urbanism from the perspective of an Angeleno

    Ed: During the Walk 21 conference a few of us had the all too brief pleasure to meet James Rojas from Los Angeles. After he returned to LA he sent us an...