Culture
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Remnants of Niagara’s “Arc de Triomphe”
Toronto has its share of odd historic artifacts scattered about town. Some of the most quirky bits, perhaps, are a couple of big stone medallions, back to...
By Gary Miedema -
Tree Tuesday: Graffiti Flowers
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
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First Canadian Place vs. Empire State Building
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Iy1H_4adc[/youtube] This time lapse of First Canadian Place by izod shot during it signage makeover (the old...
By Shawn Micallef -
Mapping our urbanism – language
The Star included a map of “Greater Toronto’s language quilt” in their Ideas section today compiled based on recently released 2006...
By Robin Chubb -
Winter cyclist profile – Keegan the PhD candidate
Name / Occupation / Age Keegan Barker / PhD Student / 31 What do you use your bike for? Transportation, fun, exercise, freedom. How often do you ride? Now...
By Tammy Thorne -
A day in the life of 1975 New York City
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=C-3wza6rnck[/youtube] Despite the wave of happy-urbanism that has gripped a large chunk of the former city of Toronto...
By Shawn Micallef -
Winter cyclist profile — Cris the Bike Month organizer
Cyclist profiles are part of an ongoing series here on Spacing, and I Bike TO. In celebration of the season — and the City’s Bike Winter...
By Tammy Thorne -
TTC subway map in Chinese
Recently, Statistics Canada released a report that analysed a number of trends across the country, and one of the findings showed Toronto to be a growing...
By Matthew Blackett -
Folding bike rally Tuesday
You’ve seen them whizzing around town. Adults on bikes with little wheels. What are they riding? How can they go so fast? It looks so easy. Maybe I...
By Tammy Thorne -
Cultural guerrillas restore Paris’ Pantheon clock
Here in Toronto, we like to revel in the actions of guerrilla activists who do things to try and better our everyday lives: the Urban Repair Squad...
By Matthew Blackett -
ROM tries to move hot dog vendors “blocking Crystal view”
I just returned from a museums conference in Ottawa and was just sorting through my notes to post soon on a few of the surprisingly positive public space...
By Leah Sandals -
Fred Flintstone & pedal powered cars beware
Today the driver of the artwork titled “Shared Propulsion Car” — arrested on Queen Street on October 25th — appeared in court and...
By Shawn Micallef