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  • Hot St. Lawrence Design Porn

    The good folks at the City of Toronto Planning Department have released a wonderful document on Urban Design Guidelines in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood...

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  • Patchwork soccer

    Spacing‘s “Work and Play” issue discussed the importance of play in public space, both as a way of asserting public use of space, and as...

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  • Community transformation examples

    The Sierra Club has an interesting feature on its website which allows you to flip through images of reimagined intersections in suburban sprawl areas...

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  • Sewell on street signs

    John Sewell writes in Eye this week about the erection of the re-designed street signs. Over the past year he has had a very difficult time getting City...

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  • A Toronto Poster Project

    Artist Jackie Kriekle has put up a bunch of posters around Toronto neighbourhoods that invite people to explore and possibly comment on those areas. This...

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  • Plant seeds not bullets

    The Toronto Star has a good news story about urban farming in the Jane-Finch neighbourhood. Run by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority the urban...

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  • Finch Avenue does the collapse

    The wicked storm that passed through Toronto on the weekend did some serious damage. Spacing is lucky enough to have been forwarded photos from a resident...

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  • Vital Images

    Calling all Toronto photographers. Another intiative by the Toronto Community Foundation is a call for submissions for vital images. They are seeking...

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  • Paris artists need your help

    We know this happens all over the world but we still wanted to bring your attention to it: A group of artists in Paris have taken over a big, abandoned...

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  • We Heart Dufferin Grove Park

    Spacing editor Dale Duncan, writes in Eye this week: “From the bus stop outside Dufferin Mall, Dufferin Grove seems like many of the other 1,460...

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  • A new bike rack painter

    They say imitation is form of flattery, so the City Beautification Ensemble should be pleased that they are spawning copycats. The CBE, known around the...

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  • Community garden in Kensington

    A mystery washing machine, filled with dirt and flowers, has appeared on sidewalks around Kensington over the last few weeks. Spacing intern Liz Worth...

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