Culture
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Building community through the use of public space in the sharing economy
What happens when fare collectors start to become wise to over-turnstile Bunz trade activity occurring at Ossington subway station? The station’s central...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 008, Booming!
In this episode, we talk about the changing face of the city, about what we preserve, and what gets left behind. We talk to Kaitlin Wainwright, director...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: A Tale of Two Seasons
By: Ilana Altman Toronto is a city of both climatic and cultural extremes. Hot long summer days are populated by more festivals than one can count; from...
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401 Richmond is already at its highest and best use
I loved 401 Richmond before I even knew what it was. It was 9 years ago and I was in Toronto, visiting from Vancouver. My friend Lauren, a curatorial...
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LORINC: The new Toronto Courthouse emerges from The Ward
As archeologists begin to reveal two centuries of commerce on the North Market site, Toronto’s other major active dig site – the Centre Avenue parking lot...
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How do books on Toronto stack up?
On top of my publisher and creative director duties with Spacing magazine, I also look after the book section in the Spacing Store. I’ve tried to...
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Behind the Kensington Market Research Project
Joshua Barker is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the director of the University’s Ethnography Lab. The Lab was...
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Last chance to see After Utopia: an Exhibition Expressing the Beauty of a Neighbourhood
After Utopia is on at the Urbanspace Gallery at 401 Richmond Street W until Saturday, November 19. The gallery is open from 9:00am – 7:00pm...
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The story behind the first computer in Canada
In 1949, a team of professors and graduate students at the University of Toronto began building a machine no-one in Canada, and few in the world, had ever...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Public Art Doesn’t Have to be Forever
By: Rebecca Carbin Previous Artful City posts chronicle recent developments and historical perspectives on the public art landscape in Toronto, providing...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: An Interview with Public Art Management
Interview by: Ilana Altman Public Art Management (PAM) is one of Canada’s leading public art consulting firms. They have been actively curating and...
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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...
By The Artful City