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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Shawn Micallef

  • Mobile Nation in Toronto

    Later this week, from March 22 to 25, artists, designers, researchers and engineers from around the world are heading to OCAD for the Mobile Nation...

  • Edmonton psychogeography

    A few weeks ago I talked to Edmonton Journal writer Laurence Miall, as he was planning to take a psychogeographic walk through that city and was...

  • Montreal makes top 11 Virgin list

    Virgin Vacations, of all places, has a list of the 11 (?) best subway systems in the world. It’s a relatively arbitrary list, but that doesn’t...

  • Public Dublin

    Though only in Dublin a very short time, I got the feeling it’s a happy city. And a public one. The streets in the city centre are absolutely full...

  • A selection of great Irish cans

    **UPDATE BELOW** I’m in Dublin for a few days working on a [murmur] project we’re starting here. Today was warm, people were out in force...

  • Google time machine

    Google Earth is perhaps the most wonderful thing I run on my computer. Just two or three years ago, the way I can sit here and swoop down and look at...

  • East Toronto Greats

    Eminent Easterners are being featured along Queen Street over the next few months (by current and former Spacing contributors, would-be Lytton...

  • Endangered Species

    Last year we wrote about the struggle to save the beautiful half-round Riverdale Hospital (pictured here) built on the edge of the Don Valley. Modern...

  • Postal

    It’s confounding that so many Toronto condo projects are given such unfortunate names that have nothing to do with this city or this geography. Like...

  • Mars Attacks

    Anybody out and about on one of Toronto’s east-west streets today between approximately 4-6pm surely noticed that the sunset is perfectly aligned...

  • Cars and Cigarettes

    Late notice, but the folks from Streets are for People are holding a press conference at noon today at Queen and Bay (NW corner) regarding the Canadian...

  • Public Space Invaders III: Call for films

    Spacing is now accepting submissions for the third installment of our Public Space Invaders film night to be held at the Drake Hotel in late March. We are...