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Montreal Monday: Bixi Bike System, St-Jacques Escarpment, Photo de Jour
Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montreal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that...
By Jake Schabas -
Architecture Fetish: Longhouses
Toronto has been inhabited for thousands of years. During those years countless structures were built housing the aboriginal peoples who lived here but...
By Thomas Wicks -
Hot Docs: A Back-breakingly Good Time
I caught one of the NFB 70th Anniversary retrospectives Saturday afternoon that featured three short films from the NFB vault — “Streetrailway...
By Max Ritts -
Zone: Paris’ former grey area beltway
Editor’s note: when we announced our “Grey Spaces” issue, now available at a fine book or magazine shop near you, Spacing contributor...
By Spacing -
Happy Birthday Friends of Fort York!
This past week the Friends of Fort York celebrated their 15th birthday with a special “Blockhouse” cake designed by Daniel et Daniel. The...
By Shawn Micallef -
Save Our (Heritage) Schools: The adaptive re-use of our dying institutional buildings
Across Ontario many communities are struggling with the loss of their small schools. Heritage schools are especially in danger; they have been for a long...
By Lauren Archer -
Event Guide: Beating the Bounds — Walk the 1834 perimeter of Toronto
Spacing is pleased to be working with our friends at Heritage Toronto again, this time to kick of their 2009 season of historic walks with a unique...
By Shawn Micallef -
Past and Future on Shanghai’s Famous Bund
Source The Bund in the 1930’s SHANGHAI — Shanghai’s waterfront is synonymous with its history. The archetypal image of Old Shanghai is a...
By Robin Chubb -
Toronto’s Twin Italianate Villas
Toronto of the 1870’s was a booming Victorian city nearing a population of 80,000, alive with the smells of mud, livestock, and industry. The recent...
By Mathew Borrett -
Toronto’s Grand Trunk Railway — our 1856 link to Pearson airport
EDITORS NOTE: This essay on the Grand Trunk Railway first appeared in the Toronto Star’s Insight section on March 1. It is reprinted here with...
By Shawn Micallef -
Sam the Record Man exposed
Walking by the old Sam the Record Man location on Yonge Street on the weekend I noticed the the double record sign facade has been finally taken down...
By Shawn Micallef -
Event Guide: Cabbagetown-Regent Park Museum Fundraiser
The good folks at the Cabbagetown-Regent Park Museum are throwing a fundraiser at the end of the month. Currently located in the “Resident’s...
By Shawn Micallef