Spacing Toronto

Upcoming issue of Spacing

For faithful readers of this blog, you have probably noticed a bit of a slow-down in the amount of content that appears on a daily basis. The editors and...

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Spacing

Montréal Monday — Nuit Blanche photos, snow madness, and CBC online archives

Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and...

By Todd Harrison

Headlines

Monday’s headlines

• There is no excuse for TTC’s subpar PA system [ Globe and Mail ] • TTC has deal for U’s [ Toronto Sun ] • Leavings of smoker...

By Monika Warzecha

Walking

Report on the Walk 21 Community Conference

On Saturday March 1, the City of Toronto, with TCAT and Spacing, held the “Walk 21 Community Conference,” where eight local experts who had...

By Dylan Reid

Neighbourhoods

Jarvis Street transformation project — consultations

The City of Toronto is undertaking a major project to improve Jarvis Street — once a beautiful avenue of mansions, but now a rather unappealing...

By Dylan Reid

Headlines

Saturday’s headlines

TRANSIT • GO says 11,000 times no [ Toronto Star ] • GO-getter offered seat at table [ Globe and Mail ] • GO Transit nixes rebates for...

By Monika Warzecha

Community

Passive aggression in Cabbagetown

We have all been cussing, silently or otherwise, at people who do not shovel their alloted segment of sidewalk. I like shoveling snow — it’s...

By Shawn Micallef

Headlines

Friday’s headlines

• Councillor warns of cuts to TTC service [ National Post ] • City diary; TTC, my winter love [ National Post ] • Odds against TTC riders...

By Monika Warzecha

Events

Events Guide: public space lecture and labyrinth walk

WHAT: The Spaces Between Buildings lecture WHEN: Thursday, March 20, 7pm-9pm WHERE: City of Toronto Archives, 255 Spadina Road Toronto Star urban issues...

By Todd Harrison

Headlines

Thursday’s headlines

CITY HALL • Council’s battery bunny [ Toronto Star ] • ‘Heads in sand’ on welfare [ Toronto Star ] • 342 tickets issued...

By Monika Warzecha

Bikes

Cyclist awareness test

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47LCLoidJh4[/youtube] Keeping with today’s British theme, Transport for London has a great public service...

By Matthew Blackett

Community

Please, no photos, we’re British

Londoners seem to keep their wits about them in stressful and even terrible times, as we saw during the Tube and bus bombings a few years ago...

By Shawn Micallef