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Balancing vibrancy and accessibility: new rules for sidewalk patios
In the current issue of Spacing, I mention sidewalk patios as an example of the dual role of sidewalks, as both a place and a corridor. Patios can have a...
By Dylan Reid -
10 NO BRAINERS: Open the Core to Food Trucks
10 No Brainers to Make Toronto More Awesome! is a project of the Centre for City Ecology that highlights small, achievable actions at the City-level that...
By Claire Nelischer -
10 NO BRAINERS: Foster Fruit Trees
10 No Brainers to Make Toronto More Awesome! is a project of the Centre for City Ecology that highlights small, achievable actions at the City-level that...
By Claire Nelischer -
Urban Voids as Transcultural Spaces
Editor’s note: This is the seventh post in a series by students at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Each piece features...
By Sonia Ramundi -
FoodShare’s new food trucks aim to give grocery stores food for thought
In the early 90s, when FoodShare first thought up the idea of bringing markets on wheels — food trucks filled with fresh, affordable produce for sale — to...
By Dale Duncan -
Steam Whistle Brewery keeps Toronto’s history on the rails
Distinctive green glass bottles make their way down the conveyor belt in a seemingly never-ending line, waiting to be filled with Toronto’s own...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
Thinking Local: An Architecture for Humanity Toronto Lecture
This past Tuesday night, I joined a packed house at CSI Annex for the latest of Architecture for Humanity Toronto’s Lecture & Symposium Series on the...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
A new brew of architecture in the Indie Ale House
Brewery: The Indie Ale House Location: The Junction (2876 Dundas St W) The Indie Ale House is not your typical brewery. The edgy and modern architecture...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
Chickens in the city: America’s urban farming innovations
In America, several key innovations are making urban farming a sustainable method of food production. Rooftops, window sills and backyards are...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Bike-powered urban farming documentary
Filmmaker Sasha Thomas recently released this short documentary on Toronto’s City Seed Farms and its founder Erica Lemieux. Lemieux’s...
By Dale Duncan -
EVENTS: Toronto Talks
With the academic year now well underway, there is an abundance of free lectures taking place in Toronto. Here are a few that are happening this week...
By Dale Duncan -
My City Lives: Street Food Block Party
The Street Food Block Party was a collaboration between the Toronto Underground Market and the Food Truck Eats that drew a crowd of well over 3,000...
By My City Lives