Culture
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More Parks, Less Parking
This is a picture of me, lounging on the sod of the newest park in town. It says, “Streets are for People†just above the windshield. This...
By Tammy Thorne -
Great street art
You may remember Mark Jenkins from a previous Spacing Wire post (he’s the dude who put lolipop-like things on top of parking metres). He’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
Deer Herd coming to Toronto (herd needed)
As a part of WADE 2006, Montreal artist Hazel Meyer and her project DEERHEADS are coming to Toronto, July 8th & 9th. DEERHEADS is a participatory...
By Shawn Micallef -
People Walking 2006
Walking down Bloor on Saturday night after seeing A Prairie Home Companion at the Cumberland (go see this wonderful movie, Meryl Streep can totally sing)...
By Shawn Micallef -
Set a new BENCHmark
If you picked up a copy of Spacing‘s Winter 2006 issue (“The New Beautiful City”) you may have seen an article by Anna Bowness on...
By Matthew Blackett -
Street furniture gone wild
Today at Toronto’s City Hall, city councillors will finish their debate about the possible street furniture contract the City wishes to tender in...
By Matthew Blackett -
Headlines worth following
Here are a few headlines worth following today, and I’d love to hear your comments about: The City of Toronto Act: the new law passed yesterday at...
By Matthew Blackett -
Pigeon Condo Talks
This is last minute, for today’s talk, but we’ll pretend everybody is reading this on a Blackberry or Palm Treo while moving around the city...
By Shawn Micallef -
Arts on Track, Opera House, countdown lights
The Toronto Community Foundation announced this morning, “significant new funding, achieving a major milestone in its “Arts On Track†initiative...
By Matthew Blackett -
Vacant Lots and Orphan Spaces
There has been a lot of excitement in Toronto recently about the potential of revitalizing the public space of the city. Two new exhibitions are currently...
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Social Street Furniture
With the growing popularity of bicycles we are seeing a rejuvenation in bicycle support design such as the car shaped bike rack by Adrian Rovero. As...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Soft City Workshop @ Riverdale Art Walk Sunday
UPBAG’s Soft City Workshop at the Riverdale Art Walk: Sunday, June 4, 1-5 pm, Toronto Free Gallery (660 Queen Street East) The Soft City is an...
By Matthew Blackett