Green Space
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Fruit in the City
In this week’s Eye Weekly, I wrote about a new organization starting this summer called Not Far From the Tree. The brainchild of fruit tree...
By Dale Duncan -
Anti-Car Petition
Streets Are For People! are once again engaging the public and the government in an effort to disrupt our car-obsessed society. To celebrate Earth Day...
By Patricia Simoes -
Toronto Wildlife Centre: Unsung urban hero of the week
This morning there was a pigeon the back yard, as there sometimes are, so not much notice was taken of it. A bit later it was still there, arousing...
By Shawn Micallef -
Big Apple’s road work
Cross-posted from Eye Weekly. New York’s city council approved implementing congestion charge Monday in a “close†30-20 vote. (According to the...
By Dale Duncan -
Presenting: Spacing Magazine Hut
Spacing magazine is pleased to announce we have obtained the naming rights to the Leslie Street Spit Quonset Hut. Months of negotiations with the Toronto...
By Shawn Micallef -
City Council Bits and Bites
Council’s smallest member This morning, Council’s speaker, Councillor Sandra Bussin, ordered Councillor Rob Ford to retract and apologize...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Winter cyclist profile – Jonny the musician
Spring is now officially here, but as there is a little bit of snow to contend with, we offer you one more in the series of winter cyclist profiles. Name...
By Tammy Thorne -
Happy Spring!
photo by Bouke Salverda
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Witness The Rise of the New Don
It’s no secret that the Don River has seen better days. What used to be a sparkling habitat for many different animals and fish has become a dirty...
By Ian Malczewski -
Cash-strapped Americans re-examine driving habits
As we put the finishing touches on the upcoming issue of Spacing (which focuses on the role of the car in the city), we are discovering more and more...
By Matthew Blackett -
Passive aggression in Cabbagetown
We have all been cussing, silently or otherwise, at people who do not shovel their alloted segment of sidewalk. I like shoveling snow — it’s...
By Shawn Micallef -
Tree Tuesday: Comparing maples
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
By Todd Irvine