Spacing Toronto

Montreal Monday: Forgetting face mask ban, failing Saint-Raymond, and rude transit riders

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

• Beach ban makes dog owners howling mad [ Globe & Mail ] • City steps smartly to fix sidewalk hole [ Toronto Star ] • Subway barriers...

By Chloe Ellingson

Architecture

Toronto’s new-old is the new beautiful

My psychogeography column in the current edition of Eye Weekly looks at how Toronto’s combination of new and old buildings in close proximity to...

By Shawn Micallef

Architecture

Looking forward to Toronto the Good 2009

This coming May will mark our fifth installment of the Toronto The Good party. Back in 2005, Spacing teamed up with ERA Architects and murmur to produce...

By Matthew Blackett

Headlines

Friday’s Headlines

• Merit pay on mayor’s chopping block [ Toronto Star ] • Letter from Riverdale: Trouble with the water [ National Post ] • Expect...

By Chloe Ellingson

Culture

Museum Access Program Expands… But More for Some than for Others

This morning, Mayor Miller and City Librarian Jane Pyper announced an expansion of the Museum & Arts Pass program. Initially kicked off 18 months ago...

By Leah Sandals

Politics

Influential councillor outlines new electoral reform agenda

Last night I did an interview with Councillor Shelley Carroll for the next issue of Spacing. But Carroll is one of the great gabbers at City Hall so once...

By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler

Spacing

360EXtEndEd wants your stories for Toronto’s 175th birthday

A new web-based community storytelling project has arrived just in time for Toronto’s 175th anniversary of its inauspicious founding in the forest...

By Shawn Micallef

Headlines

Thursday’s headlines

TRANSIT • Proposed transit fare hike misguided [ Toronto Star ] • TTC expects to break ground on light rail lines this summer [ National Post ...

By Chloe Ellingson

Bikes

Study finds that removing parking to install bike lanes or widen sidewalk would benefit businesses on Bloor

Proposals to install bike lanes and/or widen sidewalks on main streets in Toronto almost always require the removal of parking spaces along the street...

By Dylan Reid

Food

SAIGON: Coffee on demand

EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing contributing editor Christopher DeWolf is now based in Hong Kong and will make occasional posts about his unique public space...

By Christopher DeWolf

Events

Event Guide: “Urban Goddess: Jane Jacobs Reconsidered” — World premiere on TVO

TVO is premiering what sounds like an interesting documentary about Jane Jacobs’ legacy tonight (Wed. Feb. 18) at 10 pm. The documentary features...

By Dylan Reid