Green Space
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Planning Downsview Park
Located at the edge of the City of Toronto, but in the centre of the GTA, the Downsview Park site could become a significant public space, and one of...
By Laura Hatcher -
Street furniture, pregnant transit riders, and idling busses
A few things from the Star today: 1. An article on street furniture and how the city is about to put a call out for a RFP. 2. An article about pregnant...
By Matthew Blackett -
End Of Suburbia screening at Bloor Cinema
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the collapse of the American Dream presented by the Toronto Public Sapce Committee WHEN: Tuesday January 31 2006...
By Matthew Blackett -
A TTC crush? And public meeting at Wychwood Barns
There have been two stories in the last two days on the TTC that have focused on the need for more funding as ridership continues to grow. Is the solution...
By Matthew Blackett -
Play Needs Infrastructure
In Spacing’s third issue, Ed Keenan wrote about the importance of play — spontaneous or organized — for our city. This oft-neglected...
By Dylan Reid -
Secondhand Smog
Tanya Talaga reports in today’s Toronto Star about research from London connecting traffic congestion, smog and its health effects. The report...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Free metre parking for green vehicles
Salt Lake City, Utah became the fourth municipality in the States to offer free parking to the owners of fuel-efficient vehicles. Salt Lake City is...
By Matthew Blackett -
Public Space News
As part of the reconstruction of the Don Mount Court project, the city is considering closing part of Carroll Street (between Matilda and Thompson) to...
By Dylan Reid -
Bird flap
Just over a year ago in our Work & Play issue, Spacing published an article on FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program), an organization that focuses on...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC to reconnect station to its landscape
The TTC has hired a group including noted Toronto architects Brown + Storey to help re-configure Victoria Park station and re-connect it to the ravine...
By Dylan Reid -
SPACING: advertising vehicles
We know that there are lots of Spacing readers who are comfortable with outdoor advertising. We still like you. But we’re sure almost all of you...
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Island airport debate
The debate for federal candidates held on the waterfront last night showed the animosity towards an Island airport is very much a hot local issue. Nealry...
By Matthew Blackett