Green Space
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Headlines worth following
Here are a few headlines worth following today, and I’d love to hear your comments about: The City of Toronto Act: the new law passed yesterday at...
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Pressure from West-end Waterfront residents working on Watson
In April, the Spacing Wire reported on a plan to turn some waterfront parkland near the newly renovated Palais Royale into a parking lot. The Parkdale...
By Dylan Reid -
Green the ‘burbs
Hume in the Star today (click here for full article): So far, builders, especially suburban builders, have blithely ignored the consequence of what they...
By Matthew Blackett -
Inner City Outtripping
Spacing Editor Dale Duncan has written in Eye about a program in Toronto that takes inner-city youth on camping trips within the city itself, using areas...
By Dylan Reid -
King-Spadina Area Plan Review
Last night, I attended a very interesting presentation/workshop about a review of the city’s “secondary plan” (the detailed urban...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto beaches open today
From the Toronto Star: Toronto’s city beaches officially opened for business yesterday with some city councillors frolicking in the 16C waters off...
By Matthew Blackett -
Native Tree Walk at Brickworks
June 11th 2-4PM Join arborist, Todd Irvine, for a guided tour of the native trees within the stunning quarry and adjacent ravine of the Don Valley Brick...
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Pooling for Rooftop Solar
Spacing editor Leah Sandals reports: As reported in the Star today, consortiums of Toronto homeowners are pooling together to mass-purchase and install...
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SPACING: Green roof hopping in St. Petersburg
Here is Spacing.ca’s Monday morning article: Dianna Graham takes us on a geurrilla tour of green rooftops in St. Petersburg, Russia. The bustle of...
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Bits and bites about the winning waterfront design
On Friday, we reported that the West 8 design team had won the competition to redesign our Waterfront. Here’s what some of the mainstream media had...
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Trees in the Sky
Why do so many Toronto street trees die, but as Detroit Blog shows, trees can grow just fine on the top of abandoned skyscrapers. Maybe if we abandoned...
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Rooftop gardens lecture
Wednesday, May 17th 7:15 pm Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave (1 block south of Bloor/St. George), University of Toronto The Rooftop Gardening Project is an...
By Spacing