History
Weston Road as my main street
By Peter MacCallum
This selection of photographs by Peter MacCallum documenting Weston Road is published in conjunction with Spacing’s new issue... Read More
LORINC: Tall or small is a false choice between main streets and intensification
By John Lorinc
At its meeting Monday, the Toronto Preservation Board (TPB) voted to adopt a set of staff recommendations that seemed, to some... Read More
REID: Piketty and the decline of “dirty mansions”
By Dylan Reid
Toronto’s affordable housing crisis has many facets. One of these many facets is the conversion – or rather, re-conversion – of big... Read More
LORINC: The digs of R.C. Harris
By John Lorinc
Anyone venturing by the Queen Street side of Old City Hall in the past couple of weeks may have noticed a small new plaque in front of... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 049, City scenes that saved summer
By Glyn Bowerman
It’s been a rough summer for everyone, but people have found ways to get outside and make the most of it. In this episode, we... Read More
REID: Remembering Doug Taylor, a historian of Toronto
By Dylan Reid
Doug Taylor, one of Toronto’s local historians, died recently at the age of 82. I got to know Doug because we were both among the... Read More
The Dufferin Grove Stones and the surprisingly winding trail to discover the origins of mysterious Toronto architectural ruins
By Andrew Lochhead
Hidden amongst the shrubs of one of Toronto’s best-loved parks lies a collection of architectural ruins – carved stones – recently... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 048, Safety and wellbeing in Edmonton
By Spacing Radio
In this episode, Natasha Henry, president of the Ontario Black History Society, tells us about the importance of August 1st... Read More
Apology, Truth, and Reparations: The overdue reckoning with Canada’s slave past
By Natasha Henry
This essay is a sequel to Natasha Henry’s account of the history of enslavement of Black people in Canada prior to 1834, published in... Read More
The connections between public art and activism
By Sarah Ratzlaff
In this moment of social and political upheaval, as protesters demand racial justice in response to police brutality and systemic... Read More