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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...
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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...
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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 -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots
We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery robots taking over city...
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Q&A with Hiba Abdallah: Public art and StrollTO’s Poems for Your Path
Walks around the city have been made more interactive in the last few months thanks to StrollTO, a program implemented by the ShowLoveTO initiative...
By Allison Zhao -
LORINC: Is the City of Toronto’s buffed up climate plan just hot air?
I’ve expressed this frustration before (here and here), and I suspect I’ll express it again: watching Toronto City Council’s response to...
By John Lorinc -
Regent Park Revitalization: A Progress Report by Spacing
Beginning this week, Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) and Tridel formally commence a public consultation process that marks the beginning of the...
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The fading of the garment district factories: McGregor Socks, Spadina Avenue, 2003
In 2003 I began a two part documentary photography project featuring the McGregor Socks knitting mill on Spadina Avenue, and the Korex soap and detergent...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 062, The PATH ahead for Toronto’s underground
With many people still working from home, the future of Toronto’s PATH system — the underground mall serving the financial towers above — is in...
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LORINC: The Revenge of the Market Urbanists
Here’s a tale of two cities… In the City of Toronto (pop. 2.8 million), there are about 1.1 million private dwellings, and most of the growth...
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The transformation of Mabelle Park
This article was first published in August in the Park People 10 Years Together in City Parks series, and is republished here with permission. Tasmeen...
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University Avenue’s Radiant Journey
In mid-October, University Avenue lit up as Radiant Journey, a light installation by the Friends of University Avenue, was officially launched. Along the...
By Allison Zhao
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered