Curiosities
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Disco Road: The land that metric forgot
An old street sign in the foreground, with a newer metric speed limit sign and the Disco Road waste transfer station in the background. Disco Road, a...
By Sean Marshall -
Public and private infrastructure in action (imagined and real)
The Twitterverse recently led me to an interesting blog post that pointed out how, in the Bourne movies, the Jason Bourne character “uses public...
By Dylan Reid -
The land that Timeline forgot
Until December 31, 1999, the TTC had a convenient mobile schedule system called Timeline. An early post on Spacing Toronto gives a history of the system...
By Sean Marshall -
TTC replaces vicinity maps, but still some work to do
Updated September 21 at 3:25 pm: According to Spacing’s contributing editor Steve Munro, the TTC has announced that it will be reviewing, correcting...
By Sean Marshall -
Dept. of Funny Signs (and cool infrastructure): automated bollard in Delft
When I was travelling around the Netherlands this summer, I saw this nice example of a retractable traffic bollard in Delft that controls which motor...
By Dylan Reid -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Signspotting exhibition, Copenhagen
Imagine my delight when, wandering around Copenhagen on vacation, I came across an entire exhibit of funny signs in one of the main squares. The...
By Dylan Reid -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Common Sense Unleashed
I spotted this sign at the Scarborough Bluffs last weekend, not long after ignorantly (but gleefully) breaking rule #2. I’m generally not a huge fan...
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The real Hug Me Tree returns!
The Hug Me Tree, the infamous tree stump on Queen West at Peter and felled almost one year ago, has returned to it’s original location. Since Nuit...
By Matthew Blackett -
Poster pocket plants revisited
Last week we posted briefly on the new poster pocket plants at Queen St. West and Spadina Ave. We recently got in touch with the creators of the project...
By Jake Schabas -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Which Wood?
Spotted on St. Clair Avenue West on a psychogeographic walk. The construction on the St. Clair streetcar right-of-way is progressing nicely, with nice new...
By Sean Marshall -
Poster Pocket Plants
The Toronto Cyclists Union’s executive director Yvonne Bambrick pointed out this new addition to the Queen and Spadina corner. Using the posters...
By Jake Schabas -
Dept. of funny infrastructure: Eglinton @ Allen Road
One of the few pieces of cycling infrastructure that the City of Toronto has introduced in the past decade are white dots painted at semi-actuated...
By Sean Marshall