Green Space
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Guerrilla Gardening
It’s the summer solstice and a group of 18 guerrilla gardeners descend on a neglected and garbage-filled lot on D’arcy Street, just off Spadina Avenue...
By Jessica Lemieux -
Paddling the Don
It is 8 am on a cloudy Sunday morning and at Seton Park a hundred or so canoeists and kayakers mill around itching to hop in the Don River for the Annual...
By Jessica Lemieux -
ROAD SHOW: Hay Hay Winnipeg!
To coincide with the launch of Spacing’s first national issue, the magazine presents the Spacing Road Show, a tour of 10 Canadian cities this...
By Matthew Blackett -
Regent Park trees no match for feller buncher
A huge machine tears out a tree from Spacing Magazine on Vimeo. There’s a big new machine in town, and it’s a mean one. As Catherine Porter of the Star...
By MacKenzie Blake -
Edward Burtynsky’s Oil
Edward Burtynsky is a well known photographer of the built landscape. In his exhibition, Oil, which opened April 9th and runs until July 3 at the Royal...
By Jessica Lemieux -
Toronto Urban Bees
The Toronto Beekeepers Cooperative is abuzz with excitement with their recent win at the Green Toronto’s Environmental Awards of Excellence in the Local...
By Jessica Lemieux -
Headspace: The Fort York Pedestrian Cycle Bridge
This regular online series will feature interviews with fascinating and influential urban thinkers, with a focus on discussing how Toronto can become a...
By Luca De Franco -
Stories from the Big Apple: In Fine Company
If there’s any takeaway from the recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers report ranking Toronto second behind New York City for the world’s best city for finance...
By Jake Schabas -
Tapping Norway Maples in Toronto
Walking towards Dufferin Grove Park on a chilly Sunday in March I could smell camp fire smoke and hear the sounds of kids laughing and, of course, an...
By Jessica Lemieux -
Sunday Morning (Island) Shinny
In my story for the Winter issue of Spacing, I wrote about a women’s hockey league that plays on the frozen lagoons of the Toronto Islands every...
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Headspace: Economist Jeff Rubin discusses Peak Oil
This regular online series will feature interviews with fascinating and influential urban thinkers, with a focus on discussing how Toronto can become a...
By Luca De Franco -
Green Roofs Toronto
There is no doubt that buildings make the streetscape of a city. Buildings hold infinite potential. They can create a welcoming space, a barrier, a source...
By Jessica Lemieux