Spacing Toronto

Tuesday’s headlines

• Ice, pool rental fees to soar [ Toronto Star ] • Councillors blindsides by city’s rate hike for rinks [ Globe and Mail ] • Budget...

By Monika Warzecha

Events

LEAF Annual Party

LEAF is holding its second annual party this Wednesday to celebrate another successful year. It promises to be a fun night with live music, interactive...

By Todd Irvine

Bikes

Plowed bike lanes vital to winter biking

Following the City’s Bike Winter promotion and the Coldest Day of the Year ride, the Toronto Star featured an article paraphrasing the cycling...

By Tammy Thorne

Architecture

Concrete Toronto: Looking at our city

The Toronto Society of Architects has organized a panel discussion inspired by book Concrete Toronto released in November. The panel will be a broad and...

By Shawn Micallef

Communication

Frozen in Grand Central Station

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo[/youtube] Back in June 2006, I wrote about the group Improv Everywhere. Their latest stunt in New...

By Matthew Blackett

Spacing

Montréal Monday — Mercier, transit pass design, and pÃ´le vert

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

Features

One Book: Hallam of Toronto

Hallam had never really seriously contemplated failure. He’d always thought he had been chosen over his older brother to bring the family name to...

By Todd Harrison

Headlines

Monday’s headlines

• Iconic Yonge-Dundas Square a major city asset [ Toronto Star ] • Tax-free bonds proposed to finance city projects [ Toronto Star ] &bull...

By Monika Warzecha

Waterfront

“Sugar Beach” wins Jarvis Slip Design Competition

On Friday, Waterfront Toronto announced the winning design for the Jarvis Slip Design Competition. The winning team, Claude Cormier Architectes...

By Ian Malczewski

Community

Clearing the snow for pedestrians

After the December 16 snowstorm, there was a lot of media coverage and comment about how poorly snow was cleared for pedestrians compared to drivers...

By Dylan Reid

History

Sunday’s headlines

• Affordable housing gap tops $1 billion [ Toronto Star ] • A long wait for affordable places to live [ Toronto Star ] • Senator’s...

By Monika Warzecha

Bikes

Winter cyclist profile – Yvonne the community animator

Name / Occupation / Age Yvonne Bambrick / Community Animator at the Center for Social Innovation /31 What do you use your bike for? Getting everywhere and...

By Tammy Thorne