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Toppy Topham crosses the Rhine — the story of Toronto’s life-saving WWII medic
The Second World War was nearly over. It had already been nine months since the Allies landed in Normandy. The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion had been...
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Urban Planet: Demographic Shifts and Vacancy in Germany
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
EVENT: Transport Futures Governance Summit
The folks at Transport Futures are offering Spacing subscribers a 15% discount on their upcoming Governance Summit, which takes place November 19th at the...
By Dale Duncan -
Instaflaneur: off to the races — a trip to Woodbine our non-casino casino in Toronto
Last weekend we went on a field trip to Woodbine to watch the races Saturday. We had fun. Lots of it. I wrote an account of the trip in my Toronto Star...
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Friday’s headlines
MAYOR FORD Mayor Rob Ford’s football team wins Catholic championship [Toronto Star] Rob Ford’s football team wins championship – without...
By Jonathan Zettel -
STREET SCENE: Streaky
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: Sidewalks as a Predictor of Voting Patterns
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Instaflaneur: Queen Street West’s most valuable boring parking lot
The former City TV parking lot along some of the most valuable bits of Queen Street West sidewalk has remained a parking lot. There’s some irony...
By Shawn Micallef -
Thursday’s headlines
MR. CHRISTIE’S BAKERY • Bakery workers lash out at old Christie plant closure [Toronto Sun] • Christie’s Bakery workers devastated by job...
By Mairin Piccinin -
NO MEAN CITY: Andrew Blum plumbs the Internet
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Most days, I spend all day and much of the evening lost in the internet. Lost...
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Wednesday’s headlines
MAYOR ROB FORD • TTC’s Andy Byford describes ‘garbled’ call from Mayor Rob Ford about bus [Toronto Star] • Ford shelter bus saga: In quotes [Toronto...
By Mairin Piccinin -
Spacing on CBC Radio’s Here and Now each week
For the last month, Spacing’s publisher Matthew Blackett has been a weekly guest on CBC Radio’s Here and Now. His column is called Curious...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered