Curiosities
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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...
By Gary Miedema -
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 -
Road Trip: Morgantown, West Virginia
Beechurst PRT Station with WVU Downtown Campus behind On a recent road trip to Pittsburgh, I decided to drive an hour south and a bit to cross the...
By Sean Marshall -
Don’t use for confirmation of your information of your transportation from Spadina Station
You’ll be waiting a long time for the 77B on the TTC There’s an out-of-date map in the Walmer Road entrance to Spadina Station that...
By Sean Marshall -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Lawn Chair Parking
I saw this “official graffiti” stencil on Queen West just east of University, in preparation for the annual Santa Claus Parade this weekend. I...
By Dylan Reid -
Google Maps’ sense of place
View Larger Map Google maps a long-demolished hospital and a rather strange landmark. I found myself aimlessly browsing through Google Maps lately...
By Sean Marshall -
Dept. of Funny Signs: allergic to art
I find the idea of that it’s possible to be allergic to a piece of art inherently funny, but it seems particularly apt at a time when the Prime...
By Dylan Reid -
Dept. of Funny Signs: Holy Family Cat
The “H” in Catholic has fallen off the wall of the Holy Family Catholic School in Parkdale. It’s all the more funny with this warning...
By Matthew Blackett