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Friday’s Headlines
• TTC about to get cash infusion [ National Post ] • Toronto’s loss of Expo 2015 a big gain for sister city Milan [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Events Guide: Found magazine Denim and Diamonds tour
WHAT: Found magazine creator Davy Rothbart book tour (and sharing of favourite finds) WHEN: Thu May 14 (tonight!), 6pm-8pm WHERE: Supermarket, 268 Augusta...
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Architecture Fetish: Longhouses
Toronto has been inhabited for thousands of years. During those years countless structures were built housing the aboriginal peoples who lived here but...
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Goods by Bicycle in China
SHANGHAI — Despite dramatic decreases in the number of cyclists in Chinese cities over the past 15 to 20 years, transport of goods and products...
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Thursday’s headlines
• Street-food debate sours as vendor loses permit [ Globe & Mail ] • Toronto urged to provide ‘creativity stimulus’ [ Toronto...
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Vauban, a suburb of two wheels
An article in the New York Times yesterday gives some credence to the idea of viable car-free suburbs. This of course is the type of development people...
By Duncan Patterson -
A city of two wheels (and sometimes three)
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — I’ve been struggling for days to figure out where to start with my experience in Copenhagen. Over the first few days I...
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Event Guide: SpinTO fundraiser for Toronto People with AIDS Foundation
Spacing is pleased to be a media sponsor for this Friday’s SpinTO party at the Mod Club on college street. Each summer the Friends for Life bike...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• The Walk Across Toronto: New Toronto’s not what it used to be [ National Post ] • Nameless neighbourhood seeks an end to its shame ...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Lovable
This ghost sign is one of my favourites of all time. It’s on the east side of a building near the south-east corner of Adelaide and Portland —...
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Tuesday’s headlines
• The Walk Across Toronto: Who needs Muskoka? [ National Post ] • $41M remake for Dufferin’s green station [ National Post ] &bull...
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Hot Docs: Roadsworth: Crossing the Line
We at Spacing (and Spacing Montreal) have written a fair bit about Roadsworth, the Montreal stencil artist, over the years. A documentary on this...
By Lindsay Gibb
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered