Media
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Crowdfunding Queerstory — a free app that will tell Toronto’s LGBTQ history
A new project started by Year Zero One YZO, some of the folks behind the award-winning TXTilecity project (stories about Toronto’s textile heritage...
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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 -
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 -
ByoLogyc: Retreat – Stay Safe at the End of the World
Editor’s Note: To coincide with our Disaster issue, Spacing Toronto has teamed up with the transmedia, apocalyptic sci-fi project ZED.TO. ZED.TO is...
By Chet Getram -
Now you too can add people randomly to streetscapes!
A couple of months ago, I posted about the habit of architecture firms randomly Photoshopping people into their designs, without necessarily any relation...
By Dylan Reid -
Music video uses photos from Archives
How can you not love this music video? Local singer Lisa Conway’s video for “Oh How Love” uses images from the City of Toronto Archive and the TTC.
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NFB film shows Toronto as a “boom town” in 1951
This 1951 Leslie McFarlane film from the NFB, “Toronto Boom Town,” showcases Toronto as a growing metropolis. It really is a blast from the...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Has Mayor Rob Ford become Mayor Tommy Shanks?
The continued follies of Toronto mayor Rob Ford may be life imitating art (or pop culture). During a moment of time-wasting today, I stumbled across a...
By Matthew Blackett -
Introducing ByoLogyc CEO Chet Getram
Editor’s Note: To coincide with our Disaster issue, Spacing Toronto has teamed up with the transmedia, apocalyptic sci-fi project ZED.TO. Playing...
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Headspace VIDEO: Kristyn Wong-Tam discusses Yonge Street
Kristyn Wong-Tam is city councillor for ward 27 in Toronto. A vocal champion of walking, the public realm and shared streets, Councillor Wong-Tam, in...
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Animated flip books bring Toronto’s neighbourhoods to life
Tania Ursomarzo – Chinatown from Circuit Gallery on Vimeo. Sixty images placed back to back and played on repeat can create a story. That’s the...
By Amber Daugherty -
20 pianos played across Toronto
With news that 41 pianos have been placed around the city for the public to play, musician Marc Soares set out on Friday, July 13 to play 20 of the...
By Matthew Blackett