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Detroit Blog
My sister in Windsor sent me a link a couple weeks back to the Detroit Blog — I’ve been slowly going through his archives. All things Detroit...
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TTC to reconnect station to its landscape
The TTC has hired a group including noted Toronto architects Brown + Storey to help re-configure Victoria Park station and re-connect it to the ravine...
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Toronto’s Public Spaces in 2005
Both Eye Weekly and NOW ran excellent 2005 year in review features. Here’s the stuff they pointed out that the Spacing Wire thinks is worth...
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Paul Dotey’s “Bridge”
Local artist Paul Dotey handed me a copy of his six-page zine at the release party of Spacing‘s current issue. I had it on my “must read...
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Nathan Phillips Sq. and a GTA transit authority
Two items from the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star: 1. Nathan Phillips Square renovations: In the words of city councillor, and vice chair of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Union Station Precinct Meeting
As part of the planned renovation of Union Station, the city is holding a “precinct study” to look at how to renovate the area around the...
By Dylan Reid -
Goodbye, Dear Riverdale?
One of the things I love most about Toronto is the way our modern structures sometimes seem to rise straight out of the wilderness of our ravines and...
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Bendale: About Place
In the Globe and Mail’s Real Estate section yesterday, Dave LeBlanc, the Architourist, wrote a piece about the Virtual Museum of Canada exhibit...
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The Veins of the City
Stephen Wickens writes about Toronto’s hidden rivers in today’s Globe and Mail highlighting the long fight to restore our urban watersystems...
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Queen West Heritage District Study
The City of Toronto is embarking on a Heritage District study for Queen Street West between University and Bathurst. The study will create an inventory of...
By Dylan Reid -
Spacing reports from Winnipeg
I’m out in Winnipeg leading a workshop on magazine design for Spacing‘s national distributor Magazines Canada. I’ve only been here a...
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Human River on Garrison Creek
The Human River — a walk along the hidden Garrison Creek Sunday October 2nd 2005, with different starting points along route The Garrison Creek...
By Matthew Blackett