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Rebel Mayor, social media & the Toronto municipal election
The following is a reprint of my Eye Weekly Psychogeography column looking back on the Rebel Mayor twitter character and some thoughts on how social was...
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Toronto’s Rebelmayor was lurking in the Spacing henhouse
If you’re on twitter and you follow Toronto politics you’ve probably already heard the news: our Senior Editor Shawn Micallef was the person...
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EVENT GUIDE: 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards next Tuesday October 5th
WHAT: 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards WHEN: Tuesday October 5th WHERE: Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music HOW MUCH: General Admission $27 —...
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Parler Fort — Fort York’s new series exploring Toronto’s past, present & future
There’s a new reason to go down to Fort York: a speakers series about Toronto in Toronto. The first event is on Monday evening. WHAT: Parler...
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NO MEAN CITY: Viljo Revell, Frank Gehry and City Hall slideshow
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture. A special Monday post, in honour of an event at Toronto’s City Hall...
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Heritage Toronto mayoral debate Monday August 30
WHAT: Heritage Toronto mayoral debate WHERE: St Lawrence Hall, 3rd floor in the Great Hall at 157 King Street East (at Jarvis) WHEN: Monday, August 30th...
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Ontario Place needs to keep its hot pants on
The following is a reprint of my recent psychogeography column in Eye Weekly looking at the future of Ontario Place. The photos included in this post are...
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PODCAST: Buried among the highways
LISTEN TO TODAY’S SPACING RADIO SUMMER SHORTS If you live in and around Toronto, or have ever visited the city, you’ve most likely passed by...
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Exploring Brick Works’ graffiti and revitalization project
The Brick Works have been acknowledged by photographers, urban explorers, graffiti artists, homeless people, and underground events promoters as the...
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Cities for People — New Toronto
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class is about)...
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Cities for People: Fort York’s new neighbours
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class is about)...
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Toronto Changes — Kensington Market of the 1980s is a little like the Kensington Market of today (a false-true statement) — let’s ask the Bunchofuckingoofs
Yesterday my Cities for People walk ended in Kensington Market after a tour of Clubland and the Queen Street Graffiti Alley. I started to talk about how...
By Shawn Micallef