Features
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Viacom’s breaking all the rules
The Toronto Public Space Committee has researched the contract that Viacom has with the City of Toronto for ads on transit shelters and has found that...
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Adding insult to injury
It’s not enough that the City has allowed Astral Media to put up massive billboards in our parks disguised as bogus “information...
By Dylan Reid -
The High Cost of Free Parking
Terrence Belford writes a rather one-sided article about Toronto’s impending parking crisis in the Globe. What is bad news to the Globe: That is the...
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No to TVs in subway cars
On Wednesday, TTC commissioners voted 4 to 3 against a pilot project that would place TV screens with endless commercial loops in our subway cars. Hats...
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The sights and sounds of the TTC
Toronto Star writer Joe Fiorito seems to be able to capture the pulse of this city in his columns. His latest piece deals with ad-covered subway cars and...
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The newspaper box question
Do newspaper boxes clutter, enhance or privatize public space? Read all about it: Spacing‘s own Dale Duncan has analyzed the newspaper box question...
By Dylan Reid -
Recycled Trash Bins
ArchitectureChicago PLUS reports on the finalists for a Chicago’s Young Architect’s Forum’s competition for a recycling receptacle in...
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Ad share
The Guardian has a story about the rapid succes of Vélo’v which is reportedly the largest bike share organization in the world...
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Report Card on monster bins
Our friends at the Toronto Public Space Committee have released a report card on the city’s monster garbage bin pilot project — the...
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Billboards we like
A group of young anti-war activists liberated a billboard in Los Angeles to make their voices heard. You can watch the Quick Time video by clicking here.
By Matthew Blackett -
Big Brother is Broke
The Globe and Mail reports that the Feds would love to put video cameras in all public transit but they don’t have the cash right at the moment...
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Comments on police cameras in public space
A few days ago we asked for your comments on The Globe and Mail’s opinion poll question: “Most of London is monitored by police cameras...
By Matthew Blackett