History
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Fort York Visitor Centre renderings
If you didn’t get the chance to go to City Hall to look at the proposals of the Fort York Visitor Centre, we’ve compiled the non-technical...
By Matthew Blackett -
JOHN LORINC: It’s more than an architecture fetish
Dear Marcus Gee, In last Thursday’s Globe and Mail, you dismissed as a “fetish” efforts to protect two noteworthy features of...
By John Lorinc -
Fort York Visitor Centre open house
WHAT: Design Competition launch WHEN: Friday December 4, 2009 12 p.m. WHERE: City Hall, 100 Queen St. W., Committee Room 1 ADDITIONAL VIEWING TIMES...
By Shawn Micallef -
Downsview hangars at risk of demolition
The following is a cross-post of a missive sent out by Lloyd Alter, President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario late last week. Two hangers at...
By Shawn Micallef -
North York redux: A Leona Drive Project discussion event
It’s a busy week for talking about North York: Last week I wrote about the Leona Drive project in Willowdale, tonight is the North York Modernist...
By Shawn Micallef -
North York Modernist Forum tonight
WHAT: North York Modernist Forum WHEN: tonight, 7:00-9:30pm WHERE: North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street HOW MUCH: free E.R.A. Architects, Heritage...
By Spacing -
Bungalow’s last stand in North York — The Leona Drive Project
In this week’s Eye Weekly my Psychogeography column is dedicated to wandering the bungalow and skyscraper skyline of Willowdale in North York but...
By Shawn Micallef -
OPPI / CIP Conference: Contemporary Approaches to Heritage Planning
Spacing contributor Ian Malczewski spent September 30 – October 3 in Niagara Falls at a joint conference held by the Ontario Professional Planners...
By Ian Malczewski -
Addressing racism and the War of 1812
Prior to the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I attended the final day of a three-day history symposium at Fort York on Oct. 9 to hear Ontario’s...
By Liam Lahey -
2009 Heritage Toronto Awards
One of Spacing’s favorite civic events is the Heritage Toronto Awards night at the Carlu. It’s a night when Toronto boosters, architecture...
By Spacing -
2009 Heritage Toronto Awards
One of Spacing’s favorite civic events is the Heritage Toronto Awards night at the Carlu. It’s a night when Toronto boosters, architecture...
By Spacing -
ARCHITECTURE FETISH: Regency
With summer coming to an end and nature’s most colourful season just around the corner, I’m reminded of an architectural style that put as...
By Thomas Wicks