Curiosities
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SPACING FILMS: The Honest Ed’s bench in the Annex
Each week, we present Spacing Films — short docs based on articles that have previously appeared in Spacing magazine. The first four films will focus on...
By Nicola Nemy -
EVENT: Listen to Toronto at Labspace Studio’s “The Noise Project”
WHAT: The Noise Project by Labspace Studio WHERE: 99 Gallery (99 Sudbury Street, in the West Queen West Triangle) WHEN: Friday, July 26, 6pm-12am and...
By Sheraz Khan -
Amazing drawings from 1949 of TTC subway construction
While plowing through thousands of images in the City of Toronto’s archive database I came across a series of illustrations by John DeRinzy that...
By Matthew Blackett -
SPACING FILMS: St. Michael’s Cemetery
Starting this week, we present Spacing Films — short films based on articles that have previously appeared in Spacing magazine. The first four films will...
By Nicola Nemy -
Instaflaneur: Varsity Stadium and north
Resuming these regular posting of snaps made wandering around town, we arrive at Varsity Stadium during a recent track and field practice as the dance...
By Shawn Micallef -
What to do in the event of a zombie attack
An unidentified parasite is infecting people across the city. Legions of infected Torontonians lurch through the streets, in search of one thing...
By Mike Bulko -
Richard Serra’s King City Shift revisited — sunrise to sunset
This past fall I revisited the Richard Serra Shift sculpture, found up in King City, and wrote about it in my Toronto Star column. The Ontario Heritage...
By Shawn Micallef -
The other T.O.: A visit to Toronto, Ohio
As part of a weekend road trip to Ohio and West Virginia, I made a stop in the City of Toronto. Toronto, Ohio is one of many small cities and towns in the...
By Sean Marshall -
ZED.TO infects Spacing Toronto
In case you’ve been living under a rock (or in the steely comfort of a backyard bomb shelter) for the last few years, you’ve probably heard a...
By Chet Getram -
Sunday curiosity: The two Gerrard St. Easts
Walking down Carlaw after I moved to the east end not long ago, I noticed something very strange – just south of Gerrard St. East and Carlaw, you...
By Dylan Reid -
GIFT IDEA: Toronto Tree Portraits Calendar
Earlier this year my consulting partner, Ian Bruce, and I had the fortune of writing the text for the 2012 Toronto Tree Portraits Calendar. The calendar...
By Todd Irvine -
Free City Press: Turning Gallery Space into a Community Hub
It’s Thursday afternoon, and though the Free City Press’s submission deadline was yesterday, Editor-in-Chief J.P. King is still hashing out ideas with his...
By Hilary Best