Spacing Toronto

LORINC: The Brothers Ford and their Trojan Horse

In the final innings of last week’s budget debate, there was a brief, and predictable, skirmish over a $3 million outlay for “consultants” who will be...

By John Lorinc

Transit

STREET SCENE: Rocketting Red

(a closer look at the blurr) Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.

By Jerry Waese

Headlines

Monday’s Headlines

CITY COUNCIL • Ombudsman should oversee child welfare, MPP urges [The Star] • Housing agency calls emergency meeting to deal with scathing report [The...

By Eric Mutrie

Features

Spacing Saturday: Studentification, Trash Entrepreneurs and Black History Month

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

By Marcus Bowman

Architecture

NO MEAN CITY: Talking to Todd Saunders

Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture For architects, there are two roads to greatness. Some head for big cities and...

By Alex Bozikovic

Headlines

Friday’s headlines

CITY HALL • Normally reserved councillor turns on Rob Ford [The Star] • Giambrone ran up $135,504 tab before quitting TTC [The Sun] • Giambrone on hook...

By Eric Mutrie

Spacing

Photo slideshow from Spacing’s release party

Thanks to all of Spacing’s readers who braved the cold and long-weekend blues on Monday to show up to the El Mocambo for our 20th release party...

By Matthew Blackett

Streetscape

STREET SCENE: Strolling By

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

By Jerry Waese

Headlines

Thursday’s headlines

CITY BUDGET • Ford unfazed by looming budget hole [Globe & Mail] • Overheard at City Hall during the budget debate [National Post] • Toronto’s...

By Eric Mutrie

Events

SPACING SPEAKS: an event to discuss the new issue

WHAT: Spacing Speaks, a casual lecture series WHEN: Thursday March 3 2011, 7pm WHERE: Fort York (in the Blue Barracks), 250 Fort York Blvd. COST: $5 WEB...

By Spacing

Transit

LORINC: Subways in the suburbs, a contrarian view

Between 1954 and 1980, Toronto built two subway lines with 62 stations and 55 km of track. Between 1980 and 2018, by which time the Spadina extension to...

By John Lorinc

Green Space

Toronto’s Trash

There has been a lot of talk about waste at city hall as of late. The need to cut down on waste, to improve effectiveness, and stop that gravy train is...

By Jessica Lemieux