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Will Bill 23 kill heritage protections?
The Ontario government has proposed new legislation called the More Homes, Built Faster Act (Bill 23). But I’d prefer an act called More Affordable Homes...
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Measuring Toronto’s unsafe construction zones
Prior to this September’s return to school, Mayor John Tory announced that the City of Toronto will be doubling down on its construction-related road...
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“The Signs That Define Toronto”, a new book from Spacing and ERA Architects
Spacing is happy to announce the release of our eleventh book, The Signs That Define Toronto. Published in partnership with ERA Architects, Spacing’s...
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EVENT: “Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto” book launch at the Spacing Store
WHAT: Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto book launch WHERE: Spacing Store, 401 Richmond St. W. WHEN: Thursday, November 24th at 6:30pm...
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LORINC: Paul Bedford on what happens next with the Ontario Place redevelopment
In the days immediately following the municipal election, the second round of public consultations on the revitalization, so-called, of Ontario Place. A...
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LORINC: Will Toronto defend its rental replacement law from Doug Ford?
In the late 1990s, then St. Paul’s West councillor Joe Mihevc took up the cause of several hundred tenants, many of them seniors, living in two...
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REID: The Jenga school of civic management
For some years, I worked for an organization that practiced what I came to think of as the Jenga school of management. The organization loved to hire...
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LORINC: Who is behind the Therme Group, the spa company redeveloping Ontario Place?
When Sidewalk Labs rolled into Toronto in 2017, there was no ambiguity about the corporate family tree. Sidewalk officials repeatedly said the smart city...
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ELECTION: Beware of what you wished for
The outcome, at least on the mayoral vote, was not ambiguous: Mayor John Tory, campaigning — if that’s how his performance in the past month or so...
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PODCAST: Election Panel with Lorraine Lam and John Lorinc
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we are bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will break down the candidates, platforms...
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ELECTION MAP: Duelling campaign endorsements
Last week, Spacing contributor Anthony McMahon argued that it is time for Toronto City Hall to have political parties, similar to those established in...
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2022 Toronto Heritage Award winners
The Book Award was presented to: Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place, an anthology examining both our deep foundation of Indigenous history...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered