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How to build a waterfront transit line
Toronto planners and politicians need to learn from Hamburg's HafenCity about why starting with transit is the key to waterfront revitalization
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Spacing’s 20th anniversary party!
Come celebrate the launch of our anniversary issue, new book, and opening of two-month exhibition tracing the magazine's history
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Opening Maple Leaf Gardens
As hockey season begins, Jamie Bradburn takes a look at the genesis of Toronto's former temple of hockey, Maple Leaf Gardens
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A Perfect Fit: KOPS Records at its original Queen West location
Photographer Peter MacCallum captured the "organized plenitude" of the KOPS Records store on Queen West before it had to move.
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CNE’s grand plans of the past: Visionary days for people places in Toronto and Ontario
The CNE 1968-1969 master plans influenced the creation of Ontario Place
By Walter Kehm -
Ford’s plan for a Mega-Garage update
Document uncovered about Ontario Place redevelopment deal was 'rigged' for Therme, says the NDP
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Ford’s plan for a Mega-Garage at the new Science Centre
Proposed parking facility on Ontario Place grounds — the type of project Infrastructure Ontario has never carried out previously — comes with significant environmental risks and cost
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The Auditor General needs to investigate Ontario Place, now
Only a third-party review can expose the rot at the heart of this so-called revitalization
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 073, Love Park and Love Letters
In this episode: a new Toronto park, a play about Google, and a sneak peak at the latest magazine
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LORINC: Therme’s likely carbon nightmare at Ontario Place
The Austrian spa company has run into opposition from U.K. environmentalists over a facility in suburban Manchester
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Walk Toronto marks 10 years with a walk-and-talk on Oct. 1
On Sunday, explore walking issues and a decade of pedestrian advocacy with others passionate about making Toronto a better city for walking
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The below-grade scandal of the Ontario Place redevelopment
Hundreds of millions will be spent replacing pipes and sewers to bring Therme's fantasy spa to life — when will Queen's Park provide a truthful accounting of how much?
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered