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Wiarton Willie is Everywhere
One of the joys of passing through small towns is seeing how the celebration and/or marketing of a local icon shapes the landscape. Often the signs and...
By Jamie Bradburn -
Memorial to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada
The “Memorial to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada” was created by Eldon Garnet and Franicis LeBouthillier. It is located at...
By Shaun Merritt -
One Book: Fresh Meat
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...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Thursday’s headlines
TRANSIT NEWS • Making it easier to get on the GO [ Toronto Star ] • CN sells track to Go Transit for $160M [ National Post ] • Here come...
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Event Guide: TSA Discussion — Landscape Infrastructure as Renewal
WHAT: Landscape Infrastructure as Renewal — a Toronto Society of Architects discussion WHEN: Wed Apr 8th @ 6:30pm WHERE: Arts & Letters Club, 14...
By Todd Harrison -
Past and Future on Shanghai’s Famous Bund
Source The Bund in the 1930’s SHANGHAI — Shanghai’s waterfront is synonymous with its history. The archetypal image of Old Shanghai is a...
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Wednesday’s headlines
TORONTO BOARD OF TRADE STUDY • Toronto outpaced by suburbs: report [ National Post ] • Ontario a place to grow — at least in the 905 ...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Tuesday’s headlines
• ‘I’m not here to champion the Toronto resident’ [ National Post ] • Toronto to take 20-per-cent stake in Filmport [ Globe...
By Chloe Ellingson -
Loyalty from afar
Editors Note: Spacing is pleased to be participating in the Toronto Public Library’s One Book program again this year. Last year we looked at how...
By Kit Dobson -
Monday’s headlines
• What if Metrolinx started to matter after all? [ Globe & Mail ] • Rough and tumble in the Junction [ National Post ] • New designer...
By Chloe Ellingson -
eConsultation: another way to inform Waterfront redevelopment
My family and friends have often (rightly) accused me of trying to do too much at once. While I admit that this is partly a result of my personal struggle...
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Two follies don’t make a right, say North Yorkers
North York residents have had more than their fair share of Ontario Municipal Board decisions go against them. It got so bad that last year Willowdale...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered