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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...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By Shawn Micallef -
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 —...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s headlines
• The Walk Across Toronto: Who needs Muskoka? [ National Post ] • $41M remake for Dufferin’s green station [ National Post ] &bull...
By Chloe Ellingson -
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 -
Montreal Monday: Density advertising, aqueducts, whitewater, Lower Main and Plateau
Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions...
By Jake Schabas -
Monday’s headlines
• It’s time to think outside the big box [ Toronto Star ] • The Walk Across Toronto: Park needs another hit of Hazel [ National Post ...
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Tamil Protest: The taking of the Gardiner Expressway
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arr5Ct19MPU[/youtube] Some remarkable and quickly uploaded footage from Spadina Avenue earlier this evening when...
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The Don of a New Waterfront
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_el3-9WN7Ss[/youtube] A few days ago I took the streetcar from Chinatown to Union station en route to visiting a...
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A day at Works Committee
It’s been a while since I sat in on the City of Toronto Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, but I went there last Tuesday to depute in favour...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered