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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...
By Alex Bozikovic -
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...
By Shawn Micallef -
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...
By Shawn Micallef -
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...
By Spacing -
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...
By Nicole McIsaac -
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 -
Cities for People — the Niagara Street neighbourhood
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)...
By Cities for People -
St. Lawrence Market North Building design announced
The final design for the St. Lawrence Market North building was announced this morning, and the main component? Glass, and lots of it. The indoor atrium...
By Nicole McIsaac -
John Street Roundhouse Park now home to Railway Heritage Museum
Just in time for Doors Open this weekend, the John Street Roundhouse Park National Railway and Heritage Centre staged its grand opening today. The 17-acre...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Lost villages: Pickering’s Peculiar Predicament
Pickering Village, at the corner of Kingston Road and Church Street in Durham Region is a great example of a village hidden in plain sight. Thousands of...
By Sean Marshall