Features
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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...
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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...
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Transmedia 29:59 Launch in Dundas Square
TRANSMEDIA :29:59 A project by Year Zero One Curated by Michael Alstad and Michelle Kasprzak This Wednesday, August 3rd, a programme of one minute videos...
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NOW takes on smog
Last week NOW ran an article on the top 10 things Toronto can do to fight smog in the city. The ideas may be unrealistic in the current political climate...
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Trashing EUCAN bins
Toronto Star columnist Slinger wrote a great piece ripping apart the EUCAN monster garbage bins. And he didn’t stop the blame game there — he...
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Garbage on our streets
Christopher Hume trashes Eucan’s Monster Garbage cans in today’s Toronto Star: The path to civic greatness is littered with wannabe cities...
By Chris Hardwicke