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Event Guide: The Toronto Trilogy — Architecture for Humanity lecture series
Architecture for Humanity Toronto (a4hTO) is presenting its 2009 Lecture Series starting next Monday. This year the lectures are hosted by the Design...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Rail plans rattle home’s owners [ Toronto Star ] • Farms in the city win backing-but not pigs in the city [ National Post ] • Condo...
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Parents: Forget the station wagon or SUV
Editor’s Note: Fred Sztabinski is a Spacing contributor and former project coordinator of TCAT who recently relocated to Amsterdam, Netherlands. He...
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Thursday’s headlines
DEVELOPMENT • Battle erupts over future of Yonge and Eglinton [ National Post ] • A planner’s secret weapon? [ Eye ] TRANSIT &bull...
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A subway washroom worth discovering
While my multiple jobs at Spacing keeps me almost entirely focused on public spaces outside, I do have a fascination with indoor spaces and how they are...
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Experiments with creating walking maps
I recently had the privilege of observing a fascinating exercise in mapping walking routes in St. Jamestown. Youth from the high-rise district marked up...
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Wednesday’s headlines
• Rumble in Rosedale: City, commuters do battle over the fate of one lane [ Globe & Mail ] • No snow-covered lids left unturned by Hydro ...
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Building Storeys: George Street’s deteriorating past
295 George Street, 2008, by Olena Sullivan EDITOR’S NOTE: Heritage Toronto’s Gary Miedema will be making a series of posts on structures...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Mayor dreams of a beach for all [ National Post ] • Developers get 2-year freeze on city fees [ Toronto Star ] • ‘We need...
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Sneak peek at Bixi, Montreal’s bike share program
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cross-posted from Spacing Montreal, by Chris Erb – – – – – – – – – –...
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Cost of Spacing on newsstand to rise in 2009
Spacing is gonna cost you a little more in 2009. The magazine announced today that the price of a single copy will rise to $8 — up from $7 —...
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POLL: What should be the name of Toronto’s proposed Downtown Relief Line?
photo by Kevin Steele Last week, Spacing readers (and many Torontonians) became rather excited by the prospect of a downtown relief subway line (DRL)...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered