Spacing Toronto

LORINC: Handcuffs or straightjackets on the waterfront?

If Unbuilt Toronto chronicler Mark Osbaldeston gets around to penning a third installment of our city’s missed opportunities, Michael van Valkenburgh’s...

By John Lorinc

Headlines

Monday’s headlines

OCCUPY TORONTO • Occupy Toronto goes underground on Queen West [The Star] • Occupy’s alternative social, political model ‘not self-sustainable’ [National...

By Laura McConnell

Bikes

Bixi gets bigger

I first saw the notice taped to the side of the Bixi station on Hoskin Ave and Devonshire Pl, saying that it was going to be relocated to allow for snow...

By Jake Tobin Garrett

Features

Spacing Saturday: Good Neighbours, Unbuilt Toronto and Urban Screens

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Vancouver’s...

By Marcus Bowman

Civic Engagement

Fourth Wall: Making Meetings Meaningful

This series features highlights from the ongoing exhibit The Fourth Wall: Transforming City Hall. The exhibit, on now at the Urbanspace Gallery, considers...

By Hilary Best

Bikes

STREET SCENE: Black and Blue

Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.

By Jerry Waese

Headlines

Friday’s headlines

CITY HALL • City hasn’t tallied Occupy Toronto costs [The Sun] • Occupy poll: thumbs up for Rob Ford [The Sun] • Blair praises officers’ handling of...

By Laura McConnell

Architecture

NO MEAN CITY: Is Toronto climbing, collapsing or both?

Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Recently I met with an American magazine editor who was in town for a...

By Alex Bozikovic

Maps

Collecting real-time traffic data

Gone are the days when (at least I imagine) a man would stand at the side of a road and manually tally the number of vehicles, or carriages that would...

By Niki Siabanis

Headlines

Thursday’s headlines

OCCUPY TORONTO • Occupy Toronto protesters leave peacefully [The Star] • Pet owners pleased to have park back [The Star] • What’s next for the players of...

By Laura McConnell

Events

Scenes from today’s Occupy Toronto eviction at St. James Park

At about 11:30AM today, I walked over to St. James Park to see the eviction of Occupy Toronto from the park. Adelaide and Jarvis were closed to traffic...

By Shawn Micallef

Features

World Wide Wednesday: Occupy, Pocket Park, Traffic Fatalities

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...

By Hilary Best