History
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EVENTS: Toronto Talks
With the academic year now well underway, there is an abundance of free lectures taking place in Toronto. Here are a few that are happening this week...
By Dale Duncan -
The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 — the day the clowns picked the wrong Toronto brothel
EDITOR: This is the second post of a new collaboration with the Toronto Dreams project by Adam Bunch (see the first here). The project is a series of...
By Adam Bunch -
STRUCTURES: St. John’s Ward
Editor’s note: Spacing has teamed up with Rogers TV to spread the word about their show Structures, their weekly program that takes a look at the...
By Mike Bulko -
William Faulkner drunk in the cockpit of a bi-plane in Toronto
EDITOR: This is the first post of a new collaboration with the Toronto Dreams project by Adam Bunch. The project is a series of postcards hidden around...
By Adam Bunch -
Dawson City: big city problems in a small northern town
Tim Falconer is the author of three books, including Drive: A Road Trip through Our Complicated Affair with the Automobile. He recently spent three...
By Spacing -
Lost Villages: L’Amoreaux
The farming hamlet of L’Amoreaux, which straddled the border between the newly surveyed York and Scarborough Townships was settled in 1816...
By Sean Marshall -
Sunday on the Island 2: The Breach
This is the second post for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the potent place that they are to our city. New posts will go up on...
By Erica Yudelman -
Instaflaneur: Markham Heritage Estates and the oldest cul-de-sacs in the GTA
Continuing our weekend tour of the 905 we went to the “Markham Heritage Estates,” a “sanctuary of last resort” for historic homes...
By Shawn Micallef -
Revue Cinema: A century of moving pictures
Occasionally, Spacing editors share content on our blogs that have originally appeared in our print magazine. This is an extended version of an article...
By Spacing -
Exploring Osgoode Hall
Editor’s note: Spacing was invited by the Law Society of Upper Canada to tour Osgoode Hall and its new exhibit, “Fact or Fiction: Deciphering...
By Claire Nelischer -
War of 1812: The Story behind the Brock Monument
To help mark the War of 1812’s bicentennial year, staff from the Archives of Ontario will be posting a series of articles highlighting their related...
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Sunday on the Island 1: Slippery Names, Soft Sands.
This is the first of some posts for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the potent place that they are to our city. New posts will go up on...
By Erica Yudelman