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Montreal’s duct tape thugs and bike parking spots
A dispatch from Spacing public art editor Leah Sandals: Kalisse de tabernac! I went to Montreal last weekend and witnessed a kind of recent addition to...
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This is horse shit!
In late February, when the much beloved police horse Brigadier was killed by a hit-and-run driver, I posted a bit of rant about my feelings towards cops...
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Council Sidesteps Dog Decision
What is the public space conflict that arouses the most intense passions in the largest number of people? Is it cyclists versus motorists on our streets...
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Petty Laws Week
London, Ontario city council has just passed a law banning under-18s from purchasing markers or spray paint without a parent or guardian present. Yes...
By Dylan Reid -
Weekend round-up
A list of articles from the weekend newspapers: Tall buildings and shadows: Spacing associate editor Dylan Reid posted on the Spacing Wire back in...
By Matthew Blackett -
Everything you need to read about Jane Jacobs
Since Tuesday morning, the passing of Jane Jacobs has been a source of a lot of blog posts and newspaper tributes. Technorati, the web portal that...
By Matthew Blackett -
Jane Jacobs 1916-2006
Jane Jacobs passed away overnight. She was 8 days away from turning 90 years old. Read the Globe and Mail article, the Toronto Star piece, and CBC.ca. CBC...
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How to be a great city; pedestrianizing Toronto; homeless survey
The Star on Sunday has some more good articles on city building. 1. From “How to be a great city”: What are the forces that shape the urban...
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Public space catch-all post
Here are a number of articles from the last few days: Trash: A recommendation that York and Durham regions’ trash be incinerated will likely cause...
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To Hide and Protect
Royson James has a great piece in the Toronto Star today critiquing the 2.4-metre-high cedar fences being erected around Toronto police stations. These...
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Who says Torontonians are cold-hearted?
Who says Torontonians are cold-hearted? BlogTO has a great little post about Annex residents piling carboard boxes and spare sheets below a lamppost. The...
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Toronto homeless survey
Jeff Gray writes in today’s Globe and Mail: A controversial one-night city survey of the homeless is set to go ahead this week, despite opposition...
By Matthew Blackett