Spacing Toronto

Sunday’s headlines

• Clock is ticking for conservation dream [ Toronto Star ] • GO fleet stacks the deck [ Toronto Sun ] • No pants the better way for a day ...

By Monika Warzecha

Headlines

Saturday’s headlines

• The popular ‘urban village’ [ Toronto Star ] • History in search of a new home [ Toronto Star ] • At home with 100 years of...

By Monika Warzecha

Bikes

Winter cyclist profile – Brandon, Bike Pirate

Name / Occupation / Age Brandon Z / Statistical Consultant / 34 What do you use your bike for? How about what do I *not* use my bike for? Hmmmm…...

By Tammy Thorne

Community

POLL: do you have a driver’s license?

At a recent party over the holidays I asked a majority of the people in attendance if they had a driver’s license. I was surprised by how many folks...

By Matthew Blackett

Traffic

Casual carpooling

I recently received my newest copy of The Next American City — a magazine similar to Spacing, but focused on all of the US of A. One article that...

By Matthew Blackett

Bikes

Bike union on Cranks

TorontoCranks has posted a lengthy interview with Toronto Cyclists Union project coordinator, Dave Meslin. Here’s a small snippet of one of...

By Tammy Thorne

Headlines

Friday’s headlines

• On the surface, fee hikes sound fair. They’re not [ Toronto Star ] • City homeless program a finalist for UN award [ Globe and Mail ...

By Monika Warzecha

Infrastructure

Lost without laneways

NEW YORK – In my unending quest to find unpopulated laneways to stroll through, I’ve made an interesting discovery. There are none. Thanks to...

By Joseph Clement

Headlines

Thursday’s headlines

• Water pipe upgrade plan rejected [ Toronto Star ] • City hall travel ban doesn’t apply to politicians [ Toronto Star ] • Giorgio...

By Monika Warzecha

Urban Design

Chicago’s Festival of Maps

CHICAGO — Not much sounds more appealing than a Festival of Maps, and Chicago delivered that holiday gift (and continues to deliver it) in its...

By Liz Clayton

Culture

First Canadian Place vs. Empire State Building

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Iy1H_4adc[/youtube] This time lapse of First Canadian Place by izod shot during it signage makeover (the old...

By Shawn Micallef

Community

Urgent: Urban philanthropist needed for Community History Project (redux)

ED: This entry was posted last Friday — we’ve been informed that the Community History Project is still looking for space this week, though...

By Shawn Micallef