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LORINC: Welcome to Tory Nation
Four years seems like such a very long time ago. Don Cherry, pinkos, and then a lengthy, nausea-inducing ride on the roller coaster of Rob Ford’s version...
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The slow and deadly evolution of Toronto’s crosswalks
Crossing the street in Toronto has been a potentially deadly challenge for almost a century. Until the 1950s, when the number of automobiles dramatically...
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Come to our Public Space Invaders film night Wednesday
WHEN: Wednesday, November 26, 6:00pm-9:00pm (films start at 6:30) WHERE: Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto COST: $10 RSVP: Feel free to let us...
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REID: Laneways as shared spaces
Last week, I was part of a panel discussion about the potential of Toronto’s laneways, organized by The Laneways Project. I talked about the way...
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The giant prehistoric beavers of the Don Valley Brick Works
Meet the giant beaver. It’s one of the largest rodents to have ever walked the earth: as much as seven feet long and more than 200 pounds. So, like, the...
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Exploring the busy basements & makeshift markets of Regent Park with Civic Salon
Basements are often unsung heroes of great cities. In new and old Regent Park the unseen basement hides both bottom-up and top-down initiatives to...
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Toronto, Queen’s Park, and the circus at the School Board
If Premier Kathleen Wynne truly had the courage of the convictions that made her a great education advocate a decade ago, she’d ditch the measured calls...
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Good Reads: Special Edition of Fort York’s newsletter Fife & Drum
A special edition of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum was released recently to celebrate the opening of the new visitor...
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BURALE: Ford Nation is not dead
Idil Burale is a new contributor to Spacing and recently ran in ward 1 for city councillor On October 27th, Torontonians – much to the disappointment of...
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Nicknaming the Toronto Skyline — why buildings need affectionate names
With the L Tower nearing completion, Toronto’s horizon has been pierced by another iconic skyscraper. The L Tower’s semicircular form is instantly...
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There are 100 graves in the parking lot of this mall
The 100 or so people interred at Christie’s Methodist Cemetery near Warden and Finch never expected they would spend a portion of eternity buried...
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Two Toronto nurses and one of the most terrible nights of the First World War
One dark night in the summer of 1918, the HMHS Llandovery Castle was steaming through the waters of the North Atlantic. She was far off the southern tip...
By Adam Bunch
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered