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The Dufferin Grove Stones and the surprisingly winding trail to discover the origins of mysterious Toronto architectural ruins
Hidden amongst the shrubs of one of Toronto’s best-loved parks lies a collection of architectural ruins – carved stones – recently identified as...
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Incomplete streets, incomplete imaginations: Safe streets for whom?
My experience in community bike spaces, and later in cycling advocacy spaces, has been profoundly impactful and transformative. I have become acquainted...
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LORINC: Slaying the NIMBY beast
It took council and city planning officials almost exactly a year to adopt a policy meant to make Toronto’s abundant, overpriced and increasingly...
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THOMPSON: What if the Caribana Carnival went back to its roots?
“The watching Torontonians didn’t cheer, didn’t wave,” reported the Toronto Daily Star on August 5, 1967, as “Caribana” left Varsity Stadium on Bloor...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 048, Safety and wellbeing in Edmonton
In this episode, Natasha Henry, president of the Ontario Black History Society, tells us about the importance of August 1st: Canada’s Emancipation...
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Why is City of Toronto sole-sourcing key digital infrastructure?
Toronto City Council is set to vote this week on a staff recommendation to sole-source a contract for a technology system. The contract is with Kansas...
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Apology, Truth, and Reparations: The overdue reckoning with Canada’s slave past
This essay is a sequel to Natasha Henry’s account of the history of enslavement of Black people in Canada prior to 1834, published in Spacing last month...
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The connections between public art and activism
In this moment of social and political upheaval, as protesters demand racial justice in response to police brutality and systemic racism, people are...
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REID: Examples of east side gentle density
One of the things I started looking out for on my local walks during the our locked-down pandemic spring (in addition to former corner stores) was...
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COVID RECOVERY: Timid bus priority plan in Toronto needs to be bigger & bolder
This week, the Executive Committee of Toronto City Council is considering a motion to prioritize public transit on select roadways through the...
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How public institutions fail Black children
All Black lives matter. Andrew Loku, Abdirahman Abdi, D’Andre Campbell, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and numerous Black lives — which includes Trans and queer...
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SPACING’S NEW BOOK: Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto
WHAT: Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto, photos by Vik Pahwa, edited by Matthew Blackett COST: $25 / use midcenturylove during checkout for $5 off BUY...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered