Curiosities
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Townsend: Ontario’s phantom town
You have probably heard of ghost towns – once vibrant communities that slowly disappeared as local fortunes changed, or quickly abandoned due to...
By Sean Marshall -
Mathematical Cities
An interesting article on math and the city was just posted on the New York Times website. Written by Steven Strogatz, a professor of applied Mathematics...
By Jake Schabas -
Dept. of Funny Signs: “Sacntuary” homework club
The Cure Cult once sang “She Sells Sanctuary.” And, apparently, the Parkdale United Church is trying to make some dough, too. But if the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Plastics Organics
On my way to Rochester last Sunday for a brief road trip, I spotted this rather strange banner sign near The Queensway and Islington in Etobicoke. A new...
By Sean Marshall -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Lovable
This ghost sign is one of my favourites of all time. It’s on the east side of a building near the south-east corner of Adelaide and Portland —...
By Dylan Reid -
Wiarton Willie is Everywhere
One of the joys of passing through small towns is seeing how the celebration and/or marketing of a local icon shapes the landscape. Often the signs and...
By Jamie Bradburn -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Church Parking variation
Here’s a more elaborate variation on the “Thou Shalt Not Park” sign on a church parking lot — this one specifies that, in addition...
By Dylan Reid -
Watch NFB: Orange, an animated short by Sylvie Trouvé
Editor: Spacing is pleased to announce we’ve partnered with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films from their new online screening...
By Matthew Forsythe -
Crow uses a pedestrian crossing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPHxA8-aaE[/youtube] I found this delightful video about crows adapting to an urban environment and even learning...
By Dylan Reid -
TTC Tales: What’s she wearing?
Enough of my friends have enjoyed this story that I thought Spacing‘s readers might like it too, as a weekend diversion. I was recently on the 504...
By Dylan Reid -
Building Storeys: Little House in the Valley
Milne House (2008), photographed by Olena Sullivan ED: Heritage Toronto’s Gary Miedema will be making a series of posts on structures around the...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Torontoist pun hunt
The Spacing Department of Funny Signs has to give a shout-out to Torontoist’s Great Pun Hunt – a painstakingly researched collection of the...
By Dylan Reid