Spacing Toronto

Etobicoke stories: the DIY shortcut to Eatonville Library

My tower neighbourhood was built with modernist ideals of green space, low density and novelty. In the ‘50s, Toronto planners and architects stretched...

By Sheraz Khan

Streetscape

STREET SCENE: COPS

Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.

By Jerry Waese

Headlines

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday

TRANSPORTATION Subway money must come from Toronto or Ottawa, province says [Toronto Star] Scarborough transit up in the air as Rob Ford disputes...

By Stephen Brophy

Architecture

MOD TORONTO: Ontario Science Centre, Raymond Moriyama’s temple of technology

To coincide with the cover section of Spacing’s summer 2013 issue, we bring you a series of posts by local architect Robert Moffatt that examine...

By Robert Moffatt

Architecture

The charm of Toronto’s forgotten architectural drawings

While I was conducting some photography research on the City of Toronto’s Archives web site, I stumbled upon a handful of charming architectural...

By Matthew Blackett

Events

Spacing brings back lawn bowling this summer

WHAT: The Royal Spacing Lawn Bowling Society of Toronto WHEN: Wednesday, July 24th & Wednesday, July 31st WHERE: West Toronto Lawn Bowling Club (Keele...

By Spacing

Transit

LORINC: No more clarity needed on transit from city hall

On the eve of council’s debate over the foolish plan to tear up the City’s $8.7 billion deal with Metrolinx, I’d like to dredge up a detail from recent...

By John Lorinc

Headlines

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

TRANSPORTATION Rob Ford supportive of tax hike to pay for a Scarborough subway line [Globe & Mail] How a bike path will tie Toronto together [Globe...

By Kayla-Jane Barrie

Maps

Introducing the Willowdale Transit Authority

As many Spacing readers know, I have a deep love of maps (both reading and making). And I also have a deep affection for Willowdale, the North York...

By Matthew Blackett

Neighbourhoods

Regent Park Placemakers: Youth Empowering Parents

This past spring, Jay led her first ever Jane’s Walk — the Not So Typical Regent Park Walk. As a writer and narratologist, Jay was interested in leading a...

By Jay Pitter

Streetscape

STREET SCENE: At The AGO

Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.

By Jerry Waese

Headlines

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

INFRASTRUCTURE No lawn? In Mississauga that could cost you [Toronto Star] Toronto flood: Underground equipment sank Hydro One [Toronto Star] Reduced...

By Julie Fish