Neighbourhoods
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A northern flight up Bathurst Street
Spacing’s associate editor Shawn Micallef wrote the lead City article in this week’s Eye Weekly about the life and times of Bathurst Street...
By Matthew Blackett -
A non-crosseyed vision for 2011?
Today, Artscape launched a new campaign called Vision 2011: Thinking Big About Culture-led Regeneration aka A Roadmap for Toronto’s Future. Now, we...
By Leah Sandals -
Toronto, before and after
I love before and after photos. It shows how much things change and how much they stay the same. The above images are looking west on Queen St. West from...
By Matthew Blackett -
New York creates the Jane Jacobs Medal
In 1997, a conference here in Toronto called “Jane Jacobs: Ideas That Matter” gathered hundreds of the world’s most prominent thinkers...
By Matthew Blackett -
Sunday’s headlines
• CN disputes strike’s legality [ Toronto Star ] • Escaped slaves helped build Toronto [ Toronto Star ] • Mayors endorse GST scheme...
By Matthew Blackett -
Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • GO Transit on track as CN conductors strike [ Toronto Star ] • GO riders should plan for CN strike, official says [ Globe and Mail ...
By Matthew Blackett -
Parliament when the ears hurt because it’s so cold
Sometime around 1:30 AM tonight while walking/running quickly up the super-cold and windy Parliament Street just north of Dundas, by the part of Regent...
By Shawn Micallef -
Where in the GTA?
In its march of progress, Toronto and the GTA have consumed many small Ontario towns and knitted them together in one big sprawling quilt. There are still...
By Shawn Micallef -
A bike-tastic vision for the waterfront
Paris bike lane pic by Gadl Last week I attended the first public meeting for the Central Waterfront redesign. I am happy to report that the presentations...
By Tammy Thorne -
Where Dupont meets Dundas meets Annette
This enigmatic and forlorn stairway cuts through the retaining wall of the railway overpass crossing Dupont Street where it meets Dundas Street West and...
By Robin Chubb -
“Paving†the way for a new Four Seasons
A rough timelapse sequence of the demolition of the old Ford dealership on Yorkville Avenue as part of site preparations for the new Four Seasons...
By Robin Chubb -
Queen West Triangle decision to be appealed?
The decision by the OMB to award developers everything they asked for in the Queen West Triangle, despite the wishes of City Hall, local residents and the...
By Matthew Blackett