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Amazing drawings from 1949 of TTC subway construction
While plowing through thousands of images in the City of Toronto’s archive database I came across a series of illustrations by John DeRinzy that...
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LORINC: Why City Council’s Scarborough subway is another undecision
Okay, so now what? After last week’s multi-act debacle, the question hovering over Toronto city council’s Scarborough subway gamble is the obvious one...
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Mirvish Village, circa 1982
One of the current ironies being played out in the Honest Ed’s for sale saga is that the creation of Mirvish Village happened by accident. In the...
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STREET SCENE: East of AGO
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday
SCARBOROUGH SUBWAY Video Scarborough subway: Ontario’s $1.4 billion pledge not enough, Karen Stintz says [Toronto Star] Scarborough subway: Route makes...
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SPACING FILMS: St. Michael’s Cemetery
Starting this week, we present Spacing Films — short films based on articles that have previously appeared in Spacing magazine. The first four films will...
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“Advice for the Living” by Art in Transit
Advice for the living is a project launched by Art in Transit, created by Labspace Studio and produced in association with Pattison Onestop. As described...
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Good reads: latest issue of Fort York’s free newsletter, Fife and Drum, is out
The June issue of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum, is out. The articles include: An essay on the creation of the Cult of...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
SCARBOROUGH SUBWAY Scarborough subway: Toronto council backs plan but needs more cash [Toronto Star] LRT best fits Scarborough’s need, but Rob Ford has...
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CONCRETE TORONTO: Four small propositions for the CN Tower
Over the next several weeks, Spacing will be publishing a series of articles from Concrete Toronto: A Guidebook to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties...
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IN THIS ISSUE: A look back at Sam Javanrouh’s photoblog
The Summer 2013 issue of Spacing is jammed packed with a slew of great articles, photos, and interviews focused on Toronto urbanism. This article appears...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
HONEST ED’S Honest Ed’s sign too damaged to save [Toronto Star] Honest Ed’s is up for sale [Toronto Star] Toronto’s Honest Ed’s gets...
By Stephen Brophy
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered