Neighbourhoods
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SPACING PRESENTS: thinkToronto urban design ideas competition
thinkTORONTO is a Spacing-sponsored urban design ideas competition. The competition will help Spacing celebrate the magazine’s 5th anniversary in...
By Matthew Blackett -
Walking Thorncliffe Park
After my walk around Flemingdon Park (and being questioned by the police for taking photos), which I described in yesterday’s post, I decided to...
By Dylan Reid -
Walking Flemingdon Park
This year, Jane’s Walk Toronto introduced a special focus on the “inner suburbs” — the former suburban municipalities that were...
By Dylan Reid -
Jane’s Walk Guide: Queen Street End to End
The second annual Jane’s Walk will be held on May 3 and 4. In anticipation of the event, Spacing will be highlighting some of the unique walks...
By Patricia Simoes -
Jane’s Walk Guide: The Inner Suburbs
The second annual Jane’s Walk will be held on May 3 and 4. In anticipation of the event, Spacing will be highlighting some of the unique walks...
By Patricia Simoes -
Art under bridges
When I first moved to North York, specifically the Keele and Wilson area, three years ago, it took me a while to get used to my new surroundings. One day...
By Patricia Simoes -
Google’s Street View raises privacy concerns
In May of 2007, the search-engine behemoth Google launched a new Google Maps service called Street View. As the name suggests, Street View offers users...
By Patricia Simoes -
Community mobilizes against Eastern Avenue development
Recently there has been a lot of noise about the proposed development by Smart!Centres on Eastern Avenue – a development suspected to be a Big Box...
By Ian Malczewski -
Searching for York
This past week’s Eye Weekly Stroll column had me climbing around the hills of York, the unsung city that once existed as part of Metropolitian...
By Shawn Micallef -
Jarvis Street transformation project — consultations
The City of Toronto is undertaking a major project to improve Jarvis Street — once a beautiful avenue of mansions, but now a rather unappealing...
By Dylan Reid -
I am (not) lovin’ it
Another one bites the dust. Not that the potential loss of a McDonald’s restaurant causes me any particular heartache, but this particular...
By Thomas Wicks -
Helmet policy causes conflict at city rinks
The City of Toronto is having difficulty enforcing a six-year-old helmet policy, which has come under criticism in the city’s south end. “We have...
By Kevin Kennedy