Culture
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Alexandra Park Memorial Mural
An attractive mural has been painted onto a wall on Cameron Street, at the edge of the Alexandra Park housing development, in memory of a long-time...
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Seattle’s department of neighbourhoods
In the fall, Spacing, Professor Pamela Robinson of Ryerson University, and the Metcalf Foundation presented two lectures by out-of-the-box thinkers from...
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[murmur] vs. Hart House
Our next [murmur] audio documentary project is taking us out of the “true” public spaces of our streets, laneways and parks and into the...
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Queen West Makes Fun of Itself
Another thing making the internet rounds is this short movie making fun of Queen Street West West hipsters. The Hipster Defense League will probably be...
By Shawn Micallef -
Ticket SUVs
Come out on February 3rd and help Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable ticket 1200 gas guzzlers in Toronto. ATSA is the Montreal group that...
By Chris Hardwicke -
SPACING: The genius of grafitti artist Roadsworth
The Canadian answer to Britain’s Banksy, the world’s most legendary stencil artist, should be none other than Montreal’s Roadsworth. His...
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Make your own subway sign
The New York Times reports on Andy Cheung’s NYC subway sign online generator. Visitors can go to his website: www.whereandy.com and generate their...
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FRIDAY: What the TTC could be
WHAT THE TTC COULD BE January 5-8, 2006: noon to five XPACE Gallery • Kensington Market • 303 Augusta Over the last decade TTC Commisioners have...
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SPACING FEATURE: How did that get there?
As mentioned before, each Monday Spacing will post articles that have appeared in the magazine. We will also post new articles and reviews specifically...
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SPACING FEATURE: Toronto’s new wayfinding signs?
In Spacing‘s current print issue, we challenged Toronto artist and Spacing contributor Marc Ngui to identify neighbourhoods and locations that were...
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Toronto’s Public Spaces in 2005
Both Eye Weekly and NOW ran excellent 2005 year in review features. Here’s the stuff they pointed out that the Spacing Wire thinks is worth...
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SPACING: Monday’s new articles
As we announced in our monthly newsletter, Spacing will post new articles every Monday. This week we have three pieces for you: • Spacing contributor...
By Matthew Blackett