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  • Community-guided development

    In Thursday’s Toronto Star, Christopher Hume writes an excellent piece about the efforts of community group Active 18 to create a...

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  • New media vs. old media

    On most days, the Spacing Wire tracks what is going on in the public realm of this city, linking to articles and columns in the major daily papers, the...

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  • The Beach or The Beaches?

    The Beach or The Beaches? by Josh Hume An old civic-pride controversy is flaring up again in Toronto’s east end. The Beaches Business Improvement...

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  • Active 18 vs. WESTside Lofts

    [Crossposted on the Eye Blog] Back to back press conferences taking place Thursday morning will provide two perhaps contrasting visions for development...

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  • Waterfront takes next step

    From the Toronto Star today: Today, an old cement block warehouse will come tumbling down on King St., east of Toronto’s downtown. The demolition of...

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  • Help Wanted: [murmur]

    [murmur] is looking for help. We’ve got a bunch of new projects on the go, and need someone to help us manage it all. Please get in touch with us if...

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  • Sit-in at Parkdale’s Globe

    Some community members of Parkdale are a little upset that the new World Peace Monument does not include benches. They claim the Parkdale BIA purposely...

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  • Postering & Gentrification

    NOW has two stories worth reading this week: one is on postering and the pros and cons of the newly proposed by-law. Spacing has the exact same concerns...

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  • Ryerson to ‘turn around and face the city’

    From the Globe and Mail today: Ryerson University sits smack in the middle of downtown Toronto, with its back turned to the city. That’s about to...

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  • Toronto People Project

    Neil Gunner wants to talk to you. He started a photo web site called the Toronto People Project. He asks random people if he can take their photo. Most of...

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  • Planning Site of the Day

    Spacing magazine is the planning site of the day today on Cyburbia. Cyburbia is a great planning portal with lots of resources including links, forums...

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  • Adscape

    What is the geographic impact of advertising on our cities? We know that advertising pervades our urban environment but what would a map of advertising...

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