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“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...
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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 -
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 -
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 -
Saturday’s headlines
• Committee wants better snow removal on sidewalks [ Toronto Star ] • Where your car can feel at home [ Toronto Star ] • What’s not...
By Monika Warzecha -
POLL: should City Council adopt a political party system?
Early in January, Spacing’s Dale Duncan wrote about the “Rising Right” of Toronto city council. The post garnered a good number of...
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Art Attack – Operation Snow Fort – tonight
The Toronto Public Space Committee is taking advantage of today’s storm to invite everyone to build an impromptu snow fort: The Toronto Public Space...
By Dylan Reid -
One Book: Spacing Reads Consolation
Spacing Magazine is excited to announce our participation in the Keep Toronto Reading “One Book” campaign. An initiative of the Toronto Public...
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Street food should be simple to prepare
It’s not often I find myself in complete agreement with Denzil Minnan-Wong, but the way city council has managed to unnecessarily complicate what...
By Dylan Reid -
Snow storm stories, Part II
Back in December, we asked readers to share their winter storm stories with us. We received some great vignettes, including a plethora of tales about...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s headlines
• 10.6 million visit Toronto in 2007 [ Globe and Mail ] • New tax hits home today [ Toronto Sun ] • Trustee’s ‘oversight’...
By Monika Warzecha -
City Hall Bits and Bites
Lobbyist Registry left blowin’ in the wind With an adequate budget finally in place, it looked like smooth sailing for the City’s Lobbyist...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered