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  • Street Furniture Placement Open House

    The City of Toronto is hosting an open house to provide the public with an opportunity to learn about the Street Furniture draft Placement Guidelines and...

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  • Public Space Events Galore

    This weekend seems to be one of the most intense festive periods of the year in Toronto’s public spaces. Big chunks of the downtown will be closed...

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  • A Roar

    I was walking home through Hart House Circle, in the heart of the largely-deserted University of Toronto. There were not a lot of people around. I had...

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  • Oh Canada

    Dominion Day Weekend was spent in dear Windsor, a most American of a hometown that tends to hide in cars and behind air-conditioned walls to escape the...

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  • Birds vs. Boards and Other News

    TTC streetcars are flying little Canadian flags off their back wires this weekend. I find this a charming little touch. NOW has an interesting article...

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  • The Bubble Battle

    Those crazy kids at Newmindspace are organizing a continent-wide Bubble Battle. Toronto’s event will take place this Sunday (July 2nd) on the steps...

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  • The Wealth of Cities

    HiMY SYeD is sending reports about the World Urban Forum to the Spacing Wire. Here is his third report.  A thousand people are squished in and outside of...

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  • Waterfront Waves

    There are a few items of interest in the Star today about the Waterfront. Mayor Miller is in Paris this week to begin the city’s bid, which, if...

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  • PS Kensington on Sunday

    Tomorrow is the second Pedestrian Sunday Kensington of the year.  It starts at 1pm and goes to 7pm (and Augusta is closed to 10pm). Spacing will be there...

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  • Under Bathurst Bridge

    In the most recent issue of Spacing, David Fontaine wrote about the view of Fort York from under the Bathurst Street Bridge, the closest approximation of...

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  • Sustainable City or Sustainable Illusion?

    HiMY SYeD is sending daily reports from the World Urban Forum to the Spacing Wire. Here is his second report. 7:43 am and it is standing room only at...

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  • Cycling Goes Suburbs

    Encouraging news — the City of Markham is developing a cycling plan, including transportation as well as recreation. And it’s going to be...

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