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LORINC: Major planning change for Toronto’s major streets
Council is debating a transformational plan to allow small scale apartments on every main artery in Toronto
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Clearcutting in the Don Valley
Giant machines have felled every tree and scraped all vegetation through great swaths of the Don Valley to make way for the Ontario Line subway. Photographer Steven Evans captures stunning images of the impact, accompanied by text by Ian Darragh.
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OP-ED: Addressing Toronto’s congestion will take more than technology
We first have to recognize that congestion is an intractable problem whose solution requires the meaningful participation of diverse stakeholders, say Mahtot Gebresselassie and Tricia Wood
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Book launch of expanded and updated edition of Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto
Toronto's changed and so has Stroll. A new edition for a new city.
By Spacing -
OP-ED: The bicycle licence, again
A recent attempt to enable the city to licence food couriers is a reminder of why cyclist licences have been long abandoned, says Albert Koehl
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The Ground We Share
Street photographer Zun Lee’s exhibit for:GROUND demonstrates to Torontonians that we can reclaim our public spaces.
By Trent Weston -
Shadowland: Photography down in the ravines
Photographer Sasha Chapman explores the ways in which our ravines reflect the city above
By Sasha Chapman -
Spacing nominated for National Magazine Award
The magazine's 20th anniversary issue is a nominee for Best Editorial Package
By Spacing -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 077, Spring cleaning in Toronto
In this episode: Terrible trash cans and Russian hackers
By Spacing Radio -
Are commercial “third places” a dying breed?
A recent renovation of his local Starbucks that discourages spending time there has Craig Meerkamper pondering the loss of spaces to hang out between home and workplace.
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Dangerous Development: ‘Boulder beaches’ are unsafe and bad for us and our environment
At a time when Ontario Place has been put off limits, the City's new approach to making beaches is not an improvement
By Steve Mann -
LORINC: It’s time to talk about the Committee of Adjustment
These tribunals attract the worst kind of NIMBYism and don't belong in a city that needs to fight a housing crisis on every front
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered