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Island artist brings attention to city workers
A bright lime green building stands at the edge of the beach on Toronto’s Centre Island. Life-size photographs of City workers line its outer walls...
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20 interesting public benches from my travels
Since I helped launch Spacing back in 2003, I’ve had the chance to travel to a lot of cities and examine the things that turn my urbanist crank...
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STREET SCENE: Art Spin on Dovercourt
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Urban Planet: New York’s Rooftop Views
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 -
Friday’s headlines
ONE CITY • Karen Stintz’s TTC plan back on track after meeting with mayor’s officials [Toronto Star] • Peter Kuitenbrouwer: OneCity is basically drawn...
By Amber Daugherty -
Urban Planet: Computer Alerts in the Urban Environment
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 -
Separating bike lanes
Toronto needs separated bike lanes — on wide, fast roads such as the Richmond/Adelaide corridor, suburban Eglinton Avenue where the LRT will be...
By Dylan Reid -
NO MEAN CITY: 5468796, Winnipeg’s architecture upstarts
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture I recently wrote a story for the Globe about the Winnipeg...
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Thursday’s headlines
TTC • TTC head Stintz’s OneCity transit plan struggles for support [Toronto Star] • TTC lawsuit: jury dismisses $1.6 million claim [Toronto Star] • TTC...
By Amber Daugherty -
Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Slime mold maps out Tokyo’s rail system
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. In one of the weirdest Weird...
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Spacing releases War of 1812 fridge magnets
Spacing has long been a supporter of Fort York, Toronto’s most historic site. It is on those grounds near Bathurst and Front Streets that our city...
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NASA shows off city lights at night
The lights that make our skies glow at night are a symbol of how our civilization has grown, but ti wasn’t until the last two decades where detailed...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered