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By Shawn Micallef

  • Diamond Lanes finally policed?

    In a few of the comment threads over the past two days readers have been excited about sightings of something most rare or even nonexistent Toronto...

  • Zagreb — tags, bins, posters & pink pigs oh my

    I recently spent a few days in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. It was the first time I’ve visited an Eastern European post-socialist city and it was...

  • Tate Modern Global Cities Exhibit

    If you have the good fortune to visit the second greatest city in the world (after Toronto) this summer, you should head over to the Tate Modern in London...

  • The bins of Borth and Aberystwyth

    Documentation continues on the world of World Class rubbish bins with no advertising. In the seaside town of Borth on the west coast of Wales the tide was...

  • The Beach

    This picture was taken yesterday on the beach here in Malta (Golden Bay, again). It could have just as easily been taken in Toronto though — poking...

  • Kiosks and public life in Malta

    I’ve been walking around Malta for a week now, and though I’ve been here a bunch of times, I’m always struck but how public life is...

  • On Golden Bay

    I’m here in my diasporic homeland Malta — the small and rocky island between Sicily and Libya. This evening I went to a “holistic...

  • [murmur] in Leith

    We’re here in Leith launching our Scottish [murmur] in this seaside section of Edinburgh (though a Leither will tell you about how distinct they are...

  • Strolling on Yonge

    This week’s stroll column in Eye Weekly had me wandering up and down the Yonge Street Strip, and was written before hearing about the closing of Sam...

  • Blogrolling to Dodgeville

    On his great wandering Toronto blog Dodgeville, Val Dodge just posted a picture of what could be Christo’s latest project at the Eglinton and Warden...

  • Now, Then East Toronto: A Discussion & Closing Reception for ‘East Toronto Greats’

    When: 7:30pm, Thursday, May 24th Where: Toronto Free Gallery, 660 Queen St. E What is going on in Toronto’s east end? Now, Then East Toronto: A...

  • Toronto the not so good

    Spacing contributor Jessica Hume wrote an account in today’s Star of her experience last Friday night walking home through Riverdale: Maybe...