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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 -
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 -
STREET SCENE: At The AGO
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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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 -
LORINC: 8 things to consider about the Scarborough Subway
Karen and Rob are kinda-sorta-friends again. The Liberals have found a way to mollify the long-suffering, wet-footed people of Scarborough. By-elections...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
TORONTO STORM Toronto flooding: One couple’s battle against rising water [Toronto Star] GO Transit offers riders on flood-stranded Richmond Hill...
By Julie Fish -
CONCRETE TORONTO: Cultural amnesia about concrete architecture
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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A new way of listening to Toronto
Cities have always inspired musicians. However, a Toronto-based OCADU student, Marc de Pape, has recently created an instrument called the Chime that...
By Stephen Brophy
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered