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Throwback Thursday: Beating the heat during Toronto’s greatest heat wave
Every Thursday, Spacing will bring you a snapshot of Toronto’s past, looking into what took place that day in the city’s history. Throwback...
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STREET SCENE: Squeeze Left
Cars Squeeze and Construction positioned to miss the path of Red Rocket. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist...
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The Archer
Henry Moore’s Three Way Piece Number Two: Archer, better known simply as The Archer, is one of Toronto’s best known pieces of art. This is...
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Thursday’s Headlines
STRIKE • City union vows to stand its ground [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto on strike: 5 things about trash [ National Post ] • Toronto on...
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World Wide Wednesday: Car bans, pilot projects and urban farms
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...
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Cities for People: The Melancholy of East Chinatown
This is the first in a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People summer workshop (click the link to read a bit about what the class...
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Wednesday’s Headlines
GREEN BINS • Miller defends green bins [ Toronto Star ] • Green bins need impartial review [ Toronto Star ] STRIKE • Public is on...
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Cities for People at OCAD
Cities are for a lot of things, but they’re mostly for people. Or should be. We can all point to many examples where the people get overlooked and...
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STREET SCENE: Vintage Buses @ Bathurst & Dundas
Street cars diverted by water project. Vintage buses zoom through part of this western route. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
STRIKE • Fix your own problem, Premier tells city, strikers [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto full of trash, U.S. travel writer warns [ Toronto Star ...
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Poster Pocket Plants
The Toronto Cyclists Union’s executive director Yvonne Bambrick pointed out this new addition to the Queen and Spadina corner. Using the posters...
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Instant funding for Kitchener-Waterloo LRT
Spacing contributing editor Steve Munro, whose active transit blog many of you likely read, recently posted on the new Kitchener-Waterloo LRT line their...
By Jake Schabas
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered