Maps
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New project — Track. listen.local. — set to collect and map songs about Toronto with your help
There’s a neat project in the works called Track. listen.local. that’s looking for your Toronto contributions. Here’s more infomation on...
By Shawn Micallef -
REID: Toronto is not a grid
We usually think of Toronto — at least the older part of it — as being based on a grid of streets. One of the city’s free weekly newspapers even...
By Dylan Reid -
Introducing the Willowdale Transit Authority
As many Spacing readers know, I have a deep love of maps (both reading and making). And I also have a deep affection for Willowdale, the North York...
By Matthew Blackett -
Spacing’s next issue released on June 25th!
WHAT: Release party for Spacing’s summer 2013 (Toronto edition) WHEN: Tuesday, June 25th, 7:30pm-2:00am WHERE: The 3030 Bar, 3030 Dundas St. West (...
By Spacing -
Walkonomics walking app comes to Toronto
Walkonomics, a British-based company, is launching their walkability app in Toronto. It’s a concept pioneered by American company Walkscore, whose...
By Dylan Reid -
Video maps 24 hours of car2go
A few weeks ago, we posted a video on Spacing Vancouver by Jarek Piórkowski that maps the 24 hour usage of car2go vehicles. Today, Jarek has posted a...
By Matthew Blackett -
Hand drawn map of Japan’s intricate rail system
Artist Wyton Cho has hand drawn Japan’s rail system. The colourful lines intersect and meet at stations, and present an immediate sense of how vast...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Is a grid the most efficient street layout?
Is a grid system the most economically efficient way to lay out a downtown? Last week, I attended a talk by Prof. Robert Ellickson of Yale Law in which he...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto’s streetcar network in 1926
Sample of Roman Fomin’s 1926 map of streetcar and interurban map available on Transit Toronto Transit Toronto is a great website dedicated to, well...
By Sean Marshall -
Toronto Maple Leafs history told in a subway map
It should surprise no one who reads Spacing that I have a bit of an obsession when it comes to maps. And, as my close friends and Spacing editors can...
By Matthew Blackett -
Sunday on the Island 2: The Breach
This is the second post for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the potent place that they are to our city. New posts will go up on...
By Erica Yudelman -
Sunday on the Island 1: Slippery Names, Soft Sands.
This is the first of some posts for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the potent place that they are to our city. New posts will go up on...
By Erica Yudelman