History
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Montreal Monday: Grassroots Appropriations, Past Housing Demolitions, Public Art
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 -
Throwback Thursday: Malton airport and the lost town of Elmbank
Every Thursday, Spacing will bring you a snapshot of Toronto’s past, looking into what took place that week in the city’s history. Throwback...
By Jake Schabas -
Montreal Monday: Palais de Justice, Guerilla Gardening, the Conduit
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 -
Throwback Thursday: Hanlan’s Point Stadium
Every Thursday, Spacing will bring you a snapshot of Toronto’s past, looking into what took place that week in the city’s history. Throwback...
By Jake Schabas -
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