Skip to content

Spacing

Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Shawn Micallef

  • Future Billboards and Missing Toronto

    Last night I saw the new movie Children of Men — it’s about a dystopian Britain in 2027 where all the women are infertile, so the human race...

  • Trinity Bellwoods & Fancy Pants Polo

    This may be too cute, but maybe it’s just lovely. None of us have been to one of these events, so we can only judge from this flyer found in our...

  • In a Significant City

    Local troublemaker and sometimes Spacing contributor Darren O’Donnell is doing a mobile bike thing this Friday and you are invited to join in: Using...

  • Garbage Can Fetish: Colonial Roundup

    Since the European capitals offer little in the way of culture, architecture and tourist attraction, there has been lots of time to look at some of the...

  • Mothership

    Being in Edinburgh feels a bit like hanging out in Toronto’s mothership — the place where all the names we see everyday came from (but with...

  • Public Space Filling Up

    Spacing Magazine is pleased to announce that Spacing Associate Editor Anna Bowness, along with her partner and Spacing contributor Matt Godden, have added...

  • The Streets of San Francisco painted and lubed up

    Toronto has been called “San Francisco upside down” because where they have hills, we have ravines. Their Victorians are wooden, ours are...

  • Calinfrastructure

    I’m not sure if it’s boring or interesting or just weird to post pictures of foreign garbage cans — but I’m always struck at the...

  • Street Scat

    A handful of these fine things are scattered around the downtown San Jose. They’re in other cities like San Francisco and Paris, and in San Jose it...

  • Solid & Friendly San Jose California

    I saw this utility cover on a walk through downtown San Jose last night. It’s so solid looking, and tells you exactly where you are. There are...

  • Toronto vs. Reprazent

    Continuing with presenting videos shot in Toronto that show the city in a neat way, this 1998ish video from Roni Size & his Reprazent collective was...

  • Pool Party Tonight

    Local playwright and troublemaker Darren O’Donnell sent this note this morning — seems the pools are open late: 10PM Alexandra outdoor pool at...