Curiosities
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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 Harrison -
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 -
What is your favourite water fountain in Toronto?
One of the ways to counter the negative attitude that is engulfing Toronto — thanks to such things as small-minded and commie-free Facebook groups — is to...
By Matthew Blackett -
New Spaces: Play>Nation with the Department of Unusual Certainties @ DX
What if you could experience statistics and graphs spatially? I mean, really climb inside a well-made graphic chart and walk its clear proportions? It’s a...
By Erica Yudelman -
Jerusalem walking signs
I recently visited Jerusalem, where I was charmed by their nattily-dressed walking man signs — you can even see the heel of his shoe. They’re...
By Dylan Reid -
The end of Yonge Street
The end of Yonge Street north of Queensville Sideroad One of Toronto’s greatest debates concerns Yonge Street’s controversial claim as...
By Sean Marshall