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Hong Kong: Traditional markets and walkways in the sky
The Star Ferry passes in front of Hong Kong’s electric skyline Hong Kong is a ceaselessly amazing case study in crowd management. With space at an...
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JOHN LORINC: Councillors’ ideas on how to fix TTC
Say this for Adam Giambrone’s long-shot run for mayor (which he launches tonight at Revival): As TTC chair, his very presence in the race all but...
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City seeking members for new Sign Variance Committee
As we have seen, allowing politicians to adjudicate on new billboard applications can be, well, problematic. That’s why City Council is setting up...
By Jonathan Goldsbie -
Monday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Exhausted by the TTC [ Toronto Sun ] • Hume: The great wedge of 2010: Transit [ Toronto Star ] • Building a better way, one tweet at a time ...
By Katia Snukal -
GTA’s Lost Villages: Meadowvale
The latest installment in this series brings us to Meadowvale Village, a well-preserved rural settlement that is now all but lost in Mississauga’s...
By Sean Marshall -
STREET SCENE: Look Up 9
We got the power. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Spacing Saturday
Spacing Saturday is a new feature that highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region...
By Katia Snukal -
Looking Toward “Grandfather” City Hall
Front Street east towards Church Street 1880 – 2009 Spacing is happy to launch a Then and Now series of blog posts by local artist and Toronto...
By Alden Cudanin -
Friday’s headlines
KING STREET CLOSURE • Falling glass closes part of King St. [ Toronto Sun ] • King St. reopens after glass falls 27 floors [ Toronto Star ] • Street...
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Giambrone video confirms mayoral bid
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvzkjxSf9gg[/youtube] Earlier this week, the local media jumped on the news that councillor Adam Giambrone is set...
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Building Storeys – the Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing is pleased to again partner with Heritage Toronto on their upcoming Building Storeys exhibit at the Gladstone Hotel that runs...
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Thursday’s headlines
PEDESTRIANS • Hume: Maybe we’d all be safer jaywalking [ Toronto Star ] • Will police blitz curb jaywalking? [ Globe & Mail ] • Don’t put...
By Katia Snukal
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered