Neighbourhoods
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Playing aground with installation in Parkdale
Do you like making art but find that Nuit Blanche keeps you up too far past your bedtime? Well, maybe submitting to PLAY/GROUNDS, a new festival of...
By Leah Sandals -
Monday’s Headlines
• 905 takes its tax medicine [ Toronto Star ] • Miller fiddles, money burns [ Toronto Star ] • Being blunt about Scarborough [ Toronto Star...
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Let’s all love movies about hating Toronto and about what terrible gentrifiers we are
Last night, a few Spacing editors had an opportunity to screen two, I would say, very important new documentaries about Toronto: Let’s All Hate...
By Leah Sandals -
Jane’s Walk
To honour Jane Jacobs, who died a year ago, Mayor David Miller announced in November 2006 that May 4 would officially be “Jane Jacobs Day” in...
By Dylan Reid -
Bikechain closed for exam period
Bikechain — an educational bicycle repair facility at the University of Toronto — is closing for exams. The last day they will be open is...
By Tammy Thorne -
A Stroll on the Danforth
Spacing associate editor Shawn Micallef wrote the current lead city article in Eye Weekly about the dramatic topographic and social changes The Danforth...
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This is not a bike path
I had Johnny Rotten stuck in my head Monday night after the West Toronto Railpath (WTR) public meeting: Happiness and sunshine. This is not a love song...
By Tammy Thorne -
Rolling out the West Toronto Railpath
At long last, the Railpath is coming! Well, construction will begin “later this year” according the press release (see below.) The West...
By Tammy Thorne -
UofT students are taken for a (good) ride
UofT students have proven that they are, indeed, very smart. Last week, full-time UofT students voted “yes” to fund Bikechain, an educational...
By Tammy Thorne -
Brain-enriching upcoming events
Here are a couple of interesting events coming up later this month: On Thursday March 22nd, 2007 Moving the Economy, with the support of Transport Canada...
By Dylan Reid -
Spadina Expressway Affair exhibit opens tomorrow
SPADINA EXPRESSWAY AFFAIR exhibit runs from March 3 to July 8 Market Gallery, South St. Lawrence Market, 95 Front St. E. Opening reception Saturday March...
By Matthew Blackett -
Postal
It’s confounding that so many Toronto condo projects are given such unfortunate names that have nothing to do with this city or this geography. Like...
By Shawn Micallef