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FoodShare’s new food trucks aim to give grocery stores food for thought
In the early 90s, when FoodShare first thought up the idea of bringing markets on wheels — food trucks filled with fresh, affordable produce for sale — to...
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Come to our 10th anniversary party tonight!
WHAT: Spacing’s 10th anniversary party & 30th edition release party WHEN: Tuesday, December 10th, 7:30pm-1:00am WHERE: The Great Hall, 1087 Queen West...
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Toronto in 1851 — a snapshot of the booming city at the dawn of a new age
In 1851, the year this painting was painted, Toronto was beginning to boom. It had been less than 60 years since the first British soldiers showed up to...
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LORINC: City has upper hand with Island airport
In his first substantive move as council’s pilot-in-chief, deputy mayor Norm Kelly last week engineered a two-month deferral of the island airport jets...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
POLITICS Rob Ford: Low-income supporters stand by their mayor [Toronto Star] Rob Ford needs early exit, not early election [Toronto Sun] Call early...
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Introducing Cleverhood: rain capes for the urban cyclist
Spacing is happy to announce our new partnership with Cleverhood, a Rhode Island-based designer of cycling rain capes, just voted by Forbes as one the...
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More info on Spacing’s 10th anniversary party!
WHAT: Spacing’s 10th anniversary party & 30th edition release party WHEN: Tuesday, December 10th, 7:30pm-1:00am WHERE: The Great Hall, 1087 Queen West...
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Undergrad commuter chronicles — a University of Toronto student’s movement through the city
It’s crunch time for thousands of Toronto’s students. A good proportion of these students are also commuters — students who wander through...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
POLITICS Ford tried to buy crack video: docs [Toronto Sun] Four key revelations from Toronto police’s full document on Rob Ford [Globe & Mail...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
POLITICS City manager Joe Pennachetti says the gravy is gone at Toronto city hall [Toronto Star] Susan Fennell booster group in the hot seat for using...
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Inequality — the real issue behind the Ford crisis in Toronto
The circus of Rob Ford has gained international media attention and been fodder for late night comedians. It does represent a real crisis of governance...
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REID: An opportunity at Yonge + Bloor
Yonge and Bloor is one of the most notable intersections in Toronto, the meeting of our central north-south street with one of our longest east-west...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered