Communication
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Welcome to your private nuclear fallout shelter
In 1959, the builders of Regency Acres, a 700-home subdivision in Aurora, Ontario, offered something no other homebuilder in the country could: a private...
By Chris Bateman -
Storymobile is telling Canada’s Main Street stories from Mimico to the Maritimes
If you’ve travelled through Mimico – a waterfront neighbourhood in Toronto’s west end – during the last few months, you may have noticed...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
MESLIN: The myth of the five-week election
As the dust settles from the 2014 municipal election and political commentators begin to reflect on what happened, two common themes are emerging. First...
By Dave Meslin -
Meet Bertie the Brain, the world’s first arcade game, built in Toronto
Almost two decades before the first video game found its way into an arcade, the Canadian National Exhibition hosted a strange electronic device with an...
By Chris Bateman -
NXT City Prize: Lisa Baroldi and inclusivity in cities
The NXT CITY PRIZE is all about vision to reimagine Toronto’s public spaces and inject a sense of energy, dynamism and reflexivity. With a focus on...
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MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 1
Bathurst and Davenport cross each other just below the steep shoreline of ancient Lake Iroquois. The intersection is lush with greenery and steeped in...
By Dave Meslin -
EVENT: Education & Justice in Toronto
The final event of the Justice in Toronto lecture series takes place tomorrow at 230 College Street. This free evening lecture will explore Education...
By Dale Duncan -
La Ville Reine — The French underground is all around us in Toronto
Last week I was driving along College enjoying a jazzy groove on 90.3 FM Espace Musique. When the song ended and the hosts returned to their banter, I...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
Started from the bottom now we’re here
The exhibition “Hands-On Urbanism: How to Make a Difference,” at Urbanspace Gallery until March 7th, showcases stories of groups of people — who aren’t...
By Dale Duncan -
Event & exhibition: Telling — An audio survey of Parkdale
A new exhibition curated by Gallery 1313 has set site-specific audio art works throughout Parkdale until November 30th. Stop by the gallery on a Parkdale...
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Toronto Public Library’s Writer in Residence, Shawn Micallef, wants you walking and writing your city
This fall I’m honoured to be the Writer in Residence at the Toronto Public Library. One of the things we’re hoping to encourage is more...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Rethinking public consultation systems
The Summer 2013 issue of Spacing is jammed packed with a slew of great articles, photos, and interviews focused on Toronto urbanism. This article appears...
By Spacing