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Reykjavik’s continental divide on cars & bikes
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Like most countries who suffered through the oil crises of the 1970s, Iceland has taken big steps to alleviate it’s...
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Tuesday’s headlines
BUILD TORONTO • Can city develop and regulate, too? [ Toronto Star ] • Does Build Toronto know what it’s in for? [ Globe & Mail ...
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Hot Docs: Invisible City
The street-length rush line awaiting my arrival outside the Royal testified to the amount of buzz Hubert Davis’ “Invisible City†has been...
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Politics in Reykjavik’s streets
Spacing publisher Matthew Blackett is travelling through Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Germany and will occasionally post his observations about all things...
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Monday’s headlines
• Architect John Lyle left legacy of style [ Toronto Star ] • Are City Hall’s corridors of power too open? [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Hot Docs: A Back-breakingly Good Time
I caught one of the NFB 70th Anniversary retrospectives Saturday afternoon that featured three short films from the NFB vault — “Streetrailway...
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Hot Docs: When We Were Boys
Editor: Hot Docs is on and Spacing will be reviewing documentary films during the festival that are urban or city related. – – – –...
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French fun with protests
The French are renowned or notorious, depending on one’s point of view, for their public protests, getting huge numbers of people out on the street...
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EVENT: Town Hall on Reining in the Billboard Industry, May 5
What would you say if I told you that Toronto could adopt some of the toughest rules for billboards in Canada, then put a charge on all of the remaining...
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OneBook: Sexy Toronto?
Editors Note: Spacing is pleased to be participating in the Toronto Public Library’s One Book program again this year. This month the library hopes...
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Amsterdam’s airport connections
AMSTERDAM – Though I’ve now been through Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport a few times, I only just recently noticed this sign. As...
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Watch NFB: Impressions of Expo 67
Editor: Spacing has partnered with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films from their new online screening room. Matt Forsythe of the NFB is...
By Matthew Forsythe
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered