Spacing Toronto

LORINC: The housing planets align

Mayor Olivia Chow could advance her own housing agenda by leveraging the political crises facing both Trudeau and Ford

By John Lorinc

OP-ED: “Vision One” – killing pedestrians one at a time

Gillian Kranias recounts how pedestrian safety concerns in her Vaughan Road neighbourhood were ignored and even made worse in the lead up to a tragic death.

By Gillian Kranias

Streetscape

Re-imagining laneways in Toronto

Architect Dean Goodman says that laneways can be a lot more than just a place for housing

By Dean Goodman

Bikes

Mayor Chow’s cycling network challenge

PhD student Thomas van Laake analyzes the challenges faced by Mayor Chow and the City's cycling staff in accelerating the expansion of Toronto's cycling network.

By Thomas Van Laake

Politics

Olivia Chow’s revenue tools plan is the sound of one hand clapping

The new mayor has to move quickly to counter the tax-hating right of council

By John Lorinc

Politics

On Municipal Declarations of Abuse Epidemics

Andrea Gunraj looks at the context around Mayor Chow's declaration of gender-based violence as a city-wide epidemic

By Andrea Gunraj

Events

Reimagining Chinatown: In conversation with the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust

Upcoming film screenings highlight projects working to reimagine Toronto's Chinatown

By Linda Zhang

History

In the Dark: Toronto and the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965

On the 20th anniversary of the great 2003 blackout, Jamie Bradburn shares the story of Torontonians' similar experiences with an earlier great blackout

By Jamie Bradburn

Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 072, From Leipzig With Love

This Spring, Spacing Radio had the opportunity to take the show on the road to the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany. Now that the whole...

By Spacing Radio