Neighbourhoods
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Kensington Market Festival of Lights Tonight
Come celebrate the spirit of light in Kensington Market on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:00pm-. Light up the longest and darkest night of the year at the...
By Chris Hardwicke -
SPACING: Monday’s new articles
As we announced in our monthly newsletter, Spacing will post new articles every Monday. This week we have three pieces for you: • Spacing contributor...
By Matthew Blackett -
BMX park along the waterfont?
Tomorrow evening (Wednesday, December 14) Councillor Sylvia Watson is holding a community meeting to discuss the idea of building a BMX course at Marilyn...
By Dale Duncan -
Development developments
Today the Ontario government proposed new legislation that would give councils and citizens more power to determine what developments go ahead, and...
By Matthew Blackett -
Paul Dotey’s “Bridge”
Local artist Paul Dotey handed me a copy of his six-page zine at the release party of Spacing‘s current issue. I had it on my “must read...
By Matthew Blackett -
Gentrify this!
Gentrification is a hot topic in all cities, and the neighbourhoods surrounding Toronto’s downtown core are no exception. Much of the West Queen...
By Matthew Blackett -
Utilitarian canvases
The Spacing Wire posted back on October 7th, 2005 about the work Joe Pantalone’s office is doing with local graffiti artists and Bell utility boxes...
By Matthew Blackett -
DIPS and other fun at City Hall
New local street standards for Toronto A joint committee of Works and Planning today considered the “DIPS” report from staff which sets...
By Dylan Reid -
First snowfall
Toronto photoblogger Jay Morrison captured the city’s first snowfall while exploring the east end yesterday. Check out his photo essay.
By Matthew Blackett -
Development issues are hot
If you haven’t already noticed, Spacing managing editor Dale Duncan has taken on the City beat for Eye Weekly. The topic that has been turning her...
By Matthew Blackett -
Pedestrian lighting
One way to make streets more friendly to pedestrians at night is to incorporate pedestrian-scale streetlights over the sidewalk. The Harbord BIA has...
By Dylan Reid -
People for St. Clair
Before Toronto got into the silly situation about the dedicated streetcar lane up on St. Clair, there was a great group doing community work to bring...
By Matthew Blackett