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Fort York Visitor Centre renderings
If you didn’t get the chance to go to City Hall to look at the proposals of the Fort York Visitor Centre, we’ve compiled the non-technical...
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Billboard tax: What really happened to arts funding
Having worked with the Beautiful City alliance to win the billboard tax and signs by-law [PDF] that was adopted by City Council yesterday, I’ve got...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
NEW SUBWAY BUTTONS: 1954 Classic Stations
Just before Christimas of 2004, Spacing launched our first batch of Toronto subway buttons. Five years later we’ve sold over 100,000 buttons that...
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Clean Train Coalition wins TEA award
The Clean Train Coalition is being honoured with the 2009 Bob Hunter “Damn Fine Activist” Award, given out by the Toronto Environmental...
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STREET SCENE: Turn Reflection
The 505 turning at Ossington seems to disappear into itself.. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Tuesday’s headlines
BILLBOARD TAX • Toronto passes billboard tax [ Toronto Star ] • Contested sign tax now on the books [ National Post ] • The writing’s...
By Katia Snukal -
SPACING: release party on Wednesday!
WHAT: release party for winter 2009-2010 issue of Spacing WHEN: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 7pm-midnight WHERE: Toronto Reference Library, The Appel...
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City Council votes for a Beautiful City
“It’s David and Goliath, not Solomon,” observed Councillor Joe Mihevc. “The lobbying has been transparent,” said Mayor...
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JOHN LORINC: It’s more than an architecture fetish
Dear Marcus Gee, In last Thursday’s Globe and Mail, you dismissed as a “fetish” efforts to protect two noteworthy features of...
By John Lorinc -
Monday’s headlines
ICE TIME • Girls hockey policy passes [ Globe & Mail ] • Girls’ hockey wins its fair share of ice [ Toronto Star ] ARCHITECTURE &bull...
By Katia Snukal -
STREET SCENE: Alien Antenna over Laneway
I can never figure out what this weird old antenna is – out back of my place, looking out over the lane way. Street Scene will appear each week...
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Councillor Kelly wants your neighbourhood to look like Dundas Square
A typical intersection in Los Angeles. If Councillor Norm Kelly gets his way, every single billboard in this city will be allowed to turn into an...
By Jonathan Goldsbie
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered