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Before & After: Homeward bound
Comparative Then and Now Looking east from the Bathurst Street Bridge. 1933 – 2010 Before and After will appear each Friday showcasing mixed Then...
By Alden Cudanin -
Friday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • City budget hearings hit sour note [The Star] • City budget’s ‘big hurt’ didn’t hit in 2011, but may come in 2012 [National Post] • Chris...
By Eric Mutrie -
Poll shows support for keeping some of Transit City
An interesting poll was released today (PDF) by Leger Marketing that looks at Torontonian’s opinions about our city’s transit options and...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: Questioning the ritual
Why are police funerals so off-putting? Before I try to answer the question, let me say that, like thousands of other Torontonians, I felt deeply saddened...
By John Lorinc -
STREET SCENE: Crossing at Ossington
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Thursday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Citizens give Ford an earful at consultation meetings [The Star] • Holyday envisions gradual garbage privatization [The Star] • A litany of...
By Eric Mutrie -
World Wide Wednesday: Conversation Cars, Phantom Highways and City Love Songs
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 -
Wednesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • Council urged to scrap rebates for low-flow toilets [The Star] • Motion passes to bring back parking on Dundas West [The Star] • Chris...
By Eric Mutrie -
Could a neighbourhood be carbon-neutral?
“Project Neutral” is a new volunteer-based initiative whose goal is to work with a Toronto neighbourhood towards achieving carbon-neutrality...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • City could be on hook for Filion’s legal tab [The Star] • Google says “David Miller” + “mayor” = “Rob...
By Eric Mutrie -
LORINC: Even the right will raid the reserves
An eagle-eyed Spacing reader wrote this week to point out that Mayor Rob Ford and his chief bean counter Mike Del Grande are relying on a $25 million draw...
By John Lorinc -
Watch NFB: Holy Mountain, an interactive project based on Montreal’s Mount Royal
Editor: Spacing is pleased to continue our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive projects from their online...
By Julie Matlin
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered