Green Space
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Storm City
The storms that rocked Toronto yesterday were wild. I rushed home from the Spacing office to avoid getting drenched and arrived just in time to take a...
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Storm watch: Sam Javanrouh’s time-lapse
Toronto Lightning Storm from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo. Spacing photo contributor Sam Javanrouh captured a recent lightning storm in a great time-lapse series.
By Matthew Blackett -
From one garden to another: growing Cambridge Gardens
Playter Gardens sits at the northeastern end of the Prince Edward Viaduct, a stamp-sized park bordering Cambridge Avenue and Danforth. Overgrown and...
By Jake Schabas -
STREET SCENE: Quiet Street with Anonymous Garbage
Anonymous garbage bags with disgusting refuse appear with subtlety, as deft fingers disentangle when nobody is looking, but the street scape survives...
By Jerry Waese -
Watch NFB: Wild in the City
Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB’s online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our...
By Matthew Forsythe -
Green roof up on Eglinton West subway station
TTC workers were out watering the new green roof on top of Eglinton West subway station yesterday morning. The 9,000 square-foot garden is planted almost...
By Jake Schabas -
Secret garden at Eglinton Flats
Biking along the Eglinton bridge over the Humber, I spotted a tiny little garden on the eastern bank of the river just north of the bridge. The garden is...
By Jake Schabas -
Urban tree-planting in Toronto
It’s 7am on an overcast Wednesday morning. Zoe and her six co-workers stand underneath a tree along the Humber River, surveying their previous...
By Jake Schabas -
Livable Streets Initiative takes environmental education to the streets
A few weeks ago I came across this video by the Livable Streets Initiative, “an online community for people working to create sustainable cities...
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The real Hug Me Tree returns!
The Hug Me Tree, the infamous tree stump on Queen West at Peter and felled almost one year ago, has returned to it’s original location. Since Nuit...
By Matthew Blackett -
Watch NFB: My Urban Garden
Editor: Spacing is pleased to showcase films from the NFB’s online screening room. The NFB will be occasionally posting films here that explore our...
By Matthew Forsythe -
STREET SCENE: Looking Up
Quaint wires hovering above Dundas St. West provide a tranquil moment. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist...
By Jerry Waese