Neighbourhoods
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 053, Food and Community
By Spacing Radio
The pandemic has been an existential threat to restaurants, cafés, and bars in cities across Canada. It’s also been a financial... Read More
LORINC: The never-ending war between Queen’s Park and City Hall
By John Lorinc
There could have scarcely been a more succinct visual metaphor for the chronically dysfunctional relationship between City Hall and... Read More
Weston Road as my main street
By Peter MacCallum
This selection of photographs by Peter MacCallum documenting Weston Road is published in conjunction with Spacing’s new issue... Read More
What can we learn from kids who thrived during COVID-19 lockdown?
By Josh Fullan
COVID-19 has been a destructive force and cruel amplifier of inequalities for many Canadian families. In addition to the damage caused... Read More
Coming clean on Regent Park’s Social Development Plan
By Spacing
By Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie and Lena Sanz Tovar Earlier this year, the City of Toronto at long last approved $635,000 to partially... Read More
Farewell, Regent Park
By Spacing
By Lena Sanz Tovar and Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie Farewell Oak Street, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1953, presents... Read More
The Dufferin Grove Stones and the surprisingly winding trail to discover the origins of mysterious Toronto architectural ruins
By Andrew Lochhead
Hidden amongst the shrubs of one of Toronto’s best-loved parks lies a collection of architectural ruins – carved stones – recently... Read More
REID: Examples of east side gentle density
By Dylan Reid
One of the things I started looking out for on my local walks during the our locked-down pandemic spring (in addition to former... Read More
888 Dupont: Conversations with an old building
By Alfred Holden
I went over to see 888 Dupont Street earlier this month. “I hope you haven’t come to criticize me,” said the old building, aware of... Read More
REID: Spotting (and reviving?) the neighbourhood corner commercial building
By Dylan Reid
Like so many people during the current pandemic lockdown, I’ve started to get to know my neighbourhood much more closely on... Read More