Spacing Toronto

Food

Tree Tuesday: Good & eco in the garden of pizza

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...

By Todd Irvine

Community

Ted Tyndorf, 1953-2008: Toronto Chief City Planner

Over the weekend, Toronto’s chief city planner, Ted Tyndorf, passed away. He had been battling for months against a second bout of cancer. Over the...

By Spacing

Headlines

Tuesday’s headlines

• TTC picks up speed at last on all-campus pass [ Toronto Star ] • Off-again, on-again light trouble on again on Leaside bridge [ Toronto Star ...

By Monika Warzecha

Community

Mapping our urbanism part VI – income

This animated map showcases the datum bookends of the excellent publication The Three Cities within Toronto: Income polarization among Toronto’s...

By Robin Chubb

Spacing

Montréal Monday — rooftops, green roads, and jaywalkers

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

• Property investors first off the mark on lobbyist registry [ Globe and Mail ] • A phoenix waits to rise in Parkdale [ Toronto Star ] &bull...

By Monika Warzecha

Communication

I can feel it coming in the subway tonight …

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=AF-KagTq7qY[/youtube] To continue with our theme of public space performances, here for your Sunday afternoon...

By Dylan Reid

Headlines

Sunday’s headlines

• City’s army digging out [ Toronto Star ] • More police in club district [ Toronto Star ] • Kids rally to keep their community...

By Monika Warzecha

Bikes

Stop Me — Mancunian Biking

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx6dHmYD6c8[/youtube] High and tight helmetless haircuts abound in this Smiths’ video of Stop Me If You...

By Shawn Micallef

Headlines

Saturday’s headlines

SNOW • Snow crews take aim at clogged roads [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto faces $20-million bill to clear it’s streets of snow [ Globe and...

By Monika Warzecha

Media

LRT’s greatest smash hits

I’ve often thought that Toronto streetcars should have some kind of camera attached to its front end to document the cars that whip past while...

By Matthew Blackett

Politics

POLL: Should the province take control of the TTC?

All over the headlines today is speculation on whether the province/Metrolinx should take over the TTC in order to co-ordinate regional transit planning...

By Matthew Blackett