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THE ARTFUL CITY: Hacks and Workarounds: Improving the Public Art Commissioning Process
By: Helena Grdadolnik Workshop Architecture provides public art consulting for the Toronto Transit Commission, Infrastructure Ontario and various...
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The space age Parkway Plaza, Toronto’s first heritage supermarket
It was only a shopping mall, but when the Parkway Plaza opened at Ellesmere Road and Victoria Park Avenue in 1958, it signalled the arrival of space age...
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LORINC: The next massive mural should be at Yonge & Bloor
It seems to me that the act of adornment – indeed, the compulsion to adorn – is a fundamentally human impulse that speaks to our deep craving for...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Public Space ARTivism – An Interview with STEPS
Interview by: Ilana Altman STEPS is an award-winning public arts organization that has been responsible for some of Canada’s most iconic works—including...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 002 reveals the Jane Jacobs Prize winners
Spacing Magazine is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Jane Jacobs Prize, and Spacing Radio has in depth interviews with this year’s...
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How to prioritize the safety of women on the TTC
This week, city council approved a motion by Kristyn Wong-Tam to review city services “to eliminate any existing bias against women” and ensure that...
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Misleading Leaside: Lobbyists score a hat trick with digital billboard
Outfront Media wants to construct a massive digital billboard in the residential community of Leaside. The problem is, no one wants digital billboards in...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: The Role of Community Arts in Toronto’s Public Art Landscape
By: Jeff Biggar I recently joined residents in Mabelle Park to celebrate ‘Iftar Nights’, a sundown celebration to break the fast during Ramadan. People...
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How co-housing designs community into developments
For a lot of city dwellers, knowing their neighbors names is a rarity, let alone knocking on their door to ask to borrow an egg or a cup of sugar...
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The Brain Project hits Toronto’s streets
Charlie Pachter is a butter tart fan. Actually, calling him a fan is probably understating it. He loves the things. Pachter, who once met Queen Elizabeth...
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Does Toronto hate marathons?
Toronto loves its sports teams; just head down to the square in front of the Air Canada Centre, or Nathan Phillips Square around playoff time for proof of...
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“Canstruction” delivers big for Toronto’s food banks
I’m standing in front of a large pile of yellow cans of fruit — cherries, peaches, fruit salad — that has been designed and shaped to look like something...
By Kieran Delamont