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LORINC: How to keep Metrolinx honest
If you listen closely to critics of the Metrolinx Big Move investment strategy, there are two distinct, although closely related, arguments about why this...
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Toronto Pride 1988 — new archival video of an earlier version of Pride and Toronto
Toronto editor and videographer/artist James Leahy has been mining his archive of late and just put together this fantastic 22 minute document of the 1988...
By Shawn Micallef -
Spacing summer 2013 issue trailer
You may remember that last summer we created a trailer to promote our Disaster issue. We’ve done it again this summer for our Modernist-themed...
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STREET SCENE: Blue Bikes
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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How the first black hole ever discovered was discovered at the University of Toronto
This is a photo of a star called HDE226868. It’s a blue supergiant, more than 20 times as big and hundreds of thousands of times as bright as the...
By Adam Bunch -
MOD TORONTO: Modernism on the Toronto Islands
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...
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Come to Spacing’s release party on Tuesday!
WHAT: Release party for Spacing’s summer 2013 (Toronto edition) WHEN: Tuesday, June 25th, 7:30pm-2:00am WHERE: The 3030 Bar, 3030 Dundas St. West (...
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Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
TRANSPORTATION Mayor’s brother suggests Toronto should get rid of streetcars [Globe & Mail] Subway relief line to be studied by Metrolinx [Toronto...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
LORINC: What will be Doug Ford’s legacy?
It struck me over the weekend that when I look back on this four-year hallucination known as the Ford administration, I will be summoning up a composite...
By John Lorinc -
A sneak peek at Spacing’s new merch
We’re back this summer with a whole bunch of new merchandise items for sale. You can get an exclusive chance to shop all the new goods at our launch...
By Mike Bulko -
Growing up in an Etobicoke Highrise & the sound of Toronto’s heartbeat
Poor amenities. Bad transit. Poor. Bad. Badly poor and poorly bad. You hear these things often about so called tower-in-the-park buildings that sprouted...
By Sheraz Khan -
STREET SCENE: Speed
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered