Housing
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Facebook Friday: Urban housing hassles
As the name suggests, every Friday Spacing profiles Facebook groups that are using the social network to articulate their experiences and share...
By Sarah Magwood -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: July 5, 2007
The heat is on “Heat is a much under-reported killer,” Toronto’s well-known street nurse, Cathy Crowe, told me last fall during the...
By Dale Duncan -
All along my watchtower
I recently moved into a high-rise apartment in the most southernly part of Parkdale. My place is on the 24th floor and overlooks Humber Bay and most of...
By Matthew Blackett -
OURTOPIAS: Bringing humanity to housing
Jessica Hume will be covering the Ourtopias at the Design Exchange June 15 to 16 for the Spacing Wire. “Ourtopias: Ideal cities and the roles of design...
By Matthew Blackett -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Upscale home with a downwind problem [ Toronto Star ] • Will Alsop’s Kensington Market is a neighborhood risk [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Julie Yamin -
Monday’s Headlines
• Dion rejects cities’ call for 1 cent of GST [ Toronto Star ] • Housing protest ends in four arrests [ Toronto Star ] • Who’ll...
By Julie Yamin -
Saturday’s headlines
Pulse Front at Harbourfront, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer • Has the cultural renaissance begun? [ Toronto Star ] • Renaissance ROM, finally realized...
By Matthew Blackett -
Saturday’s headlines
• City eyes project to assess beggars [ Toronto Star ] • Council decries panhandling pilot project [ National Post ] • INSIDE CITY HALL: he...
By Matthew Blackett -
Saturday’s headline
• Inside City Hall: can old rivals be friends? [ Globe and Mail ] • Montreal, Toronto say ‘Oui” to co-operation [ Toronto Star ...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s Headlines
• GO users VIPs on DVP [ Toronto Star ] • Tax on coffee cups won’t fly: Tim Hortons [ Toronto Star ] • Haiku that fit/ with High Park...
By Julie Yamin -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Miller criticized for ditching public tax forum [ Toronto Star ] • Subway presents jobs dilemma [ Toronto Star ] • TTC eyes improving...
By Julie Yamin -
Lukewarm doc on global hotness & cool city politics flick
Hot Docs is almost — but not quite! — over and there’s still lots of films worth seeing. Here’s one for Mr. Baird & Mr. Harper to kick...
By Leah Sandals