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EVENT: Spacing Store 4th anniversary (Hidden Gems book launch postponed)
WHAT: Spacing Store 4th anniversary WHEN: Monday, November 19, 2018 / 7pm-9pm WHERE: Spacing Store, 401 Richmond St W COST: event is free RSVP: Let us...
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Three ways the King Street Pilot creates more livable communities
As the Toronto Transit Commission’s King Street Pilot hits the one-year mark, its fate is uncertain. Data shows an 11% increase in public transit...
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REID: Ward councils for Toronto?
In the wake of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s mid-election decree shrinking Toronto City Council from a planned 47 councillors to just 25, there has been...
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Remembrance Day: Parsing Toronto’s memorial landscaping
For most of the 20th century, public memorials in Toronto were restricted to the commemoration of fallen soldiers, as well as select figures and events...
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Remembrance Day in Toronto
East York Civic Centre – Memorial Gardens Date: Sunday, November 11 Location: East York Civic Centre, Memorial Gardens, 850 Coxwell Ave. Time...
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We need to talk about cars
When we plan for our transportation future, whether we’re talking at the municipal, regional or provincial level, there’s an elephant in the room. Even...
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Where do people go to find quiet in a city?
Sitting on my second floor balcony – a laneway and a row of houses separating me from Dufferin Street – I often find myself yearning for the sound of...
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EVENT: No Place To Go — A public talk about public washrooms with Lezlie Lowe
WHAT: No Place To Go: A public talk about public washrooms WHERE: at the Spacing Store: 401 Richmond St W. WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 4, 2pm-4pm RSVP: Let us if...
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REID: How do we improve cities without causing displacement? Discussion from the Salzburg Global Seminar
As demand for urban living continues to increase, how do we make our cities better without triggering displacement of low and middle-income people who...
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The complicated history of Canadian blackface
In 1841, travelling American circuses came to Toronto for the first time and blackface came with them. According to University of Toronto theatre...
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ELECTION: What we didn’t talk about
An old aphorism about elections attributed to former Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell is that the campaign trail is no place for thoughtful debate...
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PODCAST: Election Panel with Matthew Blackett and Shawn Micallef
As Toronto gets ready to vote, we’ll be bringing you regular panel discussions with journalists and experts who will help you wade through what is maybe...
By Spacing Radio
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered