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Black History Month: Eartha Kitt’s forgotten visits to Toronto
If there is one thing I have missed more than anything else during the pandemic, it is nightlife. In 2020, at least 22 music venues, including clubs and...
By Cheryl Thompson -
A More Beautiful Journey on the TTC
A new way of experiencing your public transit commute is coming to Toronto this year. A More Beautiful Journey is an upcoming public art project that will...
By Allison Zhao -
The Meadoway: Realizing the power of connectivity
This article was first published in November in the Park People “10 Years Together in City Parks” series, and is republished here with...
By Shawn Micallef -
LORINC: In praise of low-tech crowd control to thwart the trucker convoy
Like many angry and aghast Canadians, I felt deep satisfaction this past weekend watching the images of ordinary Ottawa residents blocking the route of a...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Debunking the misinformation about garden suites
While most people were riveted last weekend by the wretched spectacle of extremist-palooza in Ottawa, the busy beavers of the tiny world of ratepayer...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 064, Toronto Shelter Collapse
Those working with unhoused people in Toronto, like Sanctuary Toronto outreach worker Lorraine Lam, are warning about the total collapse of the...
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Corner Commons: Creative placemaking on a suburban scale
Clara Stewart-Robertson is Manager of Community Planning and Development, Jane/Finch Centre; Ernestine Aying is Community Design Coordinator, Jane/Finch...
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NEW ISSUE: City Growing
Sometimes we get a series of pitches that don’t fit well into a particular issue, but relate to each other as they accumulate in our pitch pile over time...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: The paradox of the City’s new sidewalk snow removal program
A question for the immediate aftermath of the heaviest snowstorm in ten years: Following years of resident complaints and half-hearted lobbying from...
By John Lorinc -
From Sunlight Park to East Harbour (Part 1 of 2)
In July, 2021, the developer Cadillac Fairview introduced a revised plan for the transformation of the former Unilever soap manufacturing site in the...
By Peter MacCallum -
SPACING’S NEW BOOK: Souvenirs of Toronto Sports
Spacing is happy to announce the release of our tenth book, Souvenirs of Toronto Sports: Stories Inspired by the City’s Athletic Memorabilia. You can...
By Matthew Blackett -
Growing up in Eb Zeidler’s Toronto
For the record, I did not attend the infamous Teenage Head concert in June 1980, which turned into a melee, which became an excuse to shut down the...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered