Neighbourhoods
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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...
By Shawn Micallef -
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...
By Chris Hardwicke -
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...
By Matthew Blackett -
Vital Images
Calling all Toronto photographers. Another intiative by the Toronto Community Foundation is a call for submissions for vital images. They are seeking...
By Chris Hardwicke -
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...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By Matthew Blackett -
Changing tides of Chinatown
From the Toronto Star today: “Community leaders believe two seemingly contradictory goals — clinging to tradition and more savvy marketing...
By Matthew Blackett -
Meeting on the fate of the Gardiner & Street Design
Thursday August 11, 2005 starting at 6:30 Location: 115 the Esplanade (near Church St.) East meeting room, ring bell 6:30pm: street design 7:30pm: the...
By Shawn Micallef -
The City as a Playground
Back in Spacing #3 (Work & Play issue, Dec. 2004) we profiled parkour and urban games. The Star and the Globe have recently caught on to these...
By Matthew Blackett -
Suburban homelessness
In the Toronto Star today: “As houses sprout like dandelions in new subdivisions all over the suburban GTA, the regions around Toronto have the look...
By Matthew Blackett