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Review: The daily blog of The Next American City
Last night marked the launch of Spacing’s Spring ’08 print edition, which is chock-full of good stuff. But sometimes we get more good stuff...
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Book Review: Urban Nation, by Alan Broadbent
Alan Broadbent is a businessman and philanthropist who has played an important behind-the-scenes role over the last 15 years in generating a...
By Dylan Reid -
Vespa Ads Not Cool
We are constantly bombarded by ads. On buses, garbage bins, TTC shelters and in the sky line they are hard to escape. But after a while of living in the...
By Patricia Simoes -
REVIEW: Carts of Darkness
During transit strikes, commuters are forced to think of alternate modes of transportation. As the title of British Columbia filmmaker Murray...
By Lindsay Gibb -
Limited Parking Here
The seventh interview of The Impervious P-lot was with Allison Riddle, federal employee. We spoke with her because she regularly uses the sublevel parking...
By Amber Yared -
Who is listening to the public’s petitions?
On Tuesday afternoon, interventionist group Streets Are For People! celebrated Earth Day by presenting their contentious petition to the Ontario...
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ROAD TRIP: charming Iowa City
IOWA CITY, IOWA — The last city I stopped to see on my trip, before gunning the car to get home to Toronto, was the university town of Iowa City in...
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HOT DOCS Review: Tehran Has No More Pomegranates
As the introduction to Tehran Has No More Pomegranates declares, the film is “a musical, historical, comedy, docu-drama, love story, experimental...
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HOT DOCS Review: Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home
I polished off a bag of store-bought chocolate chip cookies before I sat down to write this, but it was hard to enjoy that last bite. The packaging the...
By Dale Duncan -
HOT DOCS Review: White Vans
White Vans examines the frustration and anger of being the victim of bike theft.Narrated and directed by Aren Hansen, this short documentary delves into...
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ROAD TRIP: Des Moines’ very own East Village
DES MOINES, IOWA — Day four of my road trip found me crossing the Midwest. As much as I wanted to see the results of a revitalized downtown Omaha, I...
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The ROM CAN… well, pretend to be accessible
I was a bit distracted this morning when I heard CBC radio news report that McGuinty had made some big announcement at the ROM yesterday. And hearing the...
By Leah Sandals