History
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Building Storeys — The Canada Linseed Oil Mills buildings & Sorauren Park
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing is pleased to again partner with Heritage Toronto on their ongoing Building Storeys exhibit at the Gladstone Hotel that has been...
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Remember the hoarding: R.E.M. on Yonge Street
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XFMCgeI7c[/youtube] In May of 2001 R.E.M. played a free concert in the rain at Yonge and Dundas. That’s...
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The Toronto Museum Project goes online
Toronto has edged a little closer to the goal of creating a civic museum with the recent launch of the Toronto Museum Project online.The fantastic new...
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Toronto’s Market Buildings and First City Hall of 1831
EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was written in 1985 by Stephen Otto for a catalog that was never published to accompany the exhibit “Meeting Places...
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Brantford’s downtown destruction
Brantford city council recently voted to demolish three blocks of heritage buildings in the city’s downtown. Guest columnist Nigel Terpstra, of...
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Brougham: A “lost village” in the making
Brougham, a small village at the corner of Highway 7 and Brock Road in Pickering, doesn’t quite make the usual criteria for a “lost...
By Sean Marshall -
Building Storeys — Architect Unveiled: T.C. Pomphrey and the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing is pleased to again partner with Heritage Toronto on their ongoing Building Storeys exhibit at the Gladstone Hotel that has been...
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GTA’s lost villages: Churchville
Only a mere two kilometres north of Meadowvale, in Brampton, is another “lost” village, Churchville. Both communities share a lot in common...
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Event Guide: Building Storeys 2010
Spacing is pleased to again partner with Heritage Toronto on the Building Storeys exhibit, opening tomorrow (Thursday). After the success of our 2009...
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GTA’s Lost Villages: Meadowvale
The latest installment in this series brings us to Meadowvale Village, a well-preserved rural settlement that is now all but lost in Mississauga’s...
By Sean Marshall -
Building Storeys – the Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing is pleased to again partner with Heritage Toronto on their upcoming Building Storeys exhibit at the Gladstone Hotel that runs...
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Inside the Downsview hangars
Spacing readers are probably aware of the controversy surrounding the historic wartime era hangars at Downsview Airport. Relics from the abandoned Forces...
By Marcus Bowman