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Why the Gardiner East terms of reference matters, a lot
With apologies to my readers who hate sports metaphors, this week’s city council showdown over the Gardiner may seem like overtime in Game 7 of a Stanley...
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Richard Andrew Sharum Q&A: picturing downtowns
Dallas photographer Richard Andrew Sharum’s recent exhibit Observe Dallas 2015 turned the city’s exclusive art scene on its head by putting his...
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Social media conditioning — how Toronto is embracing new outreach tools
Two and a half years ago, the City of Toronto didn’t have somebody in its communications division specifically focusing on communications online...
By Kat Eschner -
REID: Slowly moving towards speed reductions in Toronto
In the most recent issue of Spacing, I wrote about how the idea of “slow zones” is being overtaken by universal speed reductions in cities in...
By Dylan Reid -
A proud history of sidewalk superintendents in Toronto
Between 1931 and 1939, the construction at Rockefeller Center in New York City was a magnet for curious onlookers. America was mired in the depths of the...
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Toronto’s founding dog — and how he almost got eaten
It was the summer of 1793. The summer our city was founded. On an early Tuesday morning, as the late July sun rose above Lake Ontario, a British warship...
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REMINDER: Waterfront T-Shirt Design Contest closes on Wednesday
WHAT: Spacing Store presents: Iconic Waterfront T-Shirt Design Contest DEADLINE: Wednesday, May 27th COST: Free! PRIZES: $750 for each winning design...
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EVENT: This is Paradise: Art and Artists in Toronto May 28-31
Toronto has long had an incredibly strong art scene but it has often been overlooked, thought not to be particularly historic or something worth paying...
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LORINC: Can there be a Kumbaya moment for the Gardiner?
In the wake of the intense session at the public works committee, the Gardiner East battle was joined by North York councillor James Pasternak, who is...
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ROBINSON: Merging technology and civic engagement
Toronto 2015 is a complex political landscape. We have private money frantically building new developments, yet we have tremendous public infrastructure...
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Building the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension
The Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE) is advancing towards completion in the Northwest end of the city. The project is now scheduled to open...
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Cadillac-sized strollers and complicated commute patterns
We’ve all done it. Sighed or even rolled our eyes at a mom with a seemingly Cadillac-sized stroller blocking the streetcar aisle. If we knew where some of...
By Jay Pitter
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered