Spacing Toronto

Montreal Monday: Sunken train, Chinatown developing, first budding bush

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 Melissa Iwankewycz

Headlines

Monday’s headlines

• Build it, they won’t come [ Globe & Mail ] • City Hall plans hiring binge [ Toronto Star ] • Spring fever sparks rise in...

By Chloe Ellingson

Curiosities

Dept. of Funny Signs: Church Parking variation

Here’s a more elaborate variation on the “Thou Shalt Not Park” sign on a church parking lot — this one specifies that, in addition...

By Dylan Reid

Media

Fans of Toronto Public Library Unite!

Toronto Public Library branches are frequented by a million patrons each year, over 70% of Torontonians have a library card and TPL’s 80 per...

By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler

Community

Sidewalk enforcement

Here’s a rare but welcome sight — a vehicle parked on the sidewalk being ticketed. Too often, parking half on the sidewalk is treated as...

By Dylan Reid

Neighbourhoods

ASK A PLANNER: Big Box and Leslieville

Spacing introduces a new and sporadic column called Ask A Planner. We’ll ask some of our sources to translate policy and bureaucrat-speak and give...

By Spacing

Headlines

Friday’s Headlines

• Majora Carter made her waterfront sparkle [ Toronto Star ] • TTC bidder gets $12.8M in provincial funding [ Toronto Star ] • New...

By Chloe Ellingson

Culture

Civic Scenery, Civic Statuary

EDITOR’S NOTE: Shaun Merritt begins a new column on public art in Toronto, looking at what we have, where it is, and some of the stories behind it...

By Shaun Merritt

Media

Thursday’s headlines

RAINWATER TOILET CONTROVERSY • Dubious honour in the can [ National Post ] • City’s $1-million eco-toilet wins tax-waste award [ National...

By Chloe Ellingson

Architecture

Sam the Record Man exposed

Walking by the old Sam the Record Man location on Yonge Street on the weekend I noticed the the double record sign facade has been finally taken down...

By Shawn Micallef

Communication

Anyone can be a monument — for 60 minutes

Trafalgar Square, in the heart of the city of London, England, is famous for its statue of Admiral Nelson (victor of the Battle of Trafalgar) high at the...

By Dylan Reid