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Help develop Toronto’s walking strategy – and other walking notes
As I’ve noted in passing in some previous posts, the City of Toronto is currently developing a “Walking Strategy” to guide Toronto...
By Dylan Reid -
GIFT GUIDE: Fort York — A Short History and Guide
Toronto Culture division has just published “Fort York: A Short History and Guide.” Written by historian (and Chief Curator of Toronto...
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Lobbying for a Registry: Exhibit C
I didn’t intend for this to become a recurring feature but it seems Lobbying for a Registry may be just that — at least until there’s a...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Give the GTTA a Better Name Contest
As Spacing Toronto contributor Sean Marshall posted the other day, the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA) has rebranded itself Metrolinx. The...
By Matthew Blackett -
Spacing Green Issue launch party photos & video
Many thanks to all who braved a chilly night and headed to the east side of downtown for Spacing’s Green Issue launch party Monday night. We had a...
By Shawn Micallef -
More Toronto library branches go wireless
The world’s busiest public library system is (yet again) even better, part of a pattern at the city department it’s most difficult to find...
By Shawn Micallef -
CCTV Fashion Police
In Toronto and much of Canada, the introduction of CCTV by police to monitor public space is still in its infancy, passionately supported in some...
By Shawn Micallef -
The GTTA is Now Metrolinx
The Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (or GTTA) has come up with a new marketing name and a new website. The new name is Metrolinx. The name and...
By Sean Marshall -
Funeral for a Subway Car
Waiting for a bus last week, I managed to capture a funeral procession for an old TTC subway car. Car #5605, a H-4 subway car, was built by Hawker-Siddley...
By Sean Marshall -
Spacing release party: Monday December 3rd
Spacing is happy to finally announce the details of our release party for the fall 2007 issue. WHEN: Monday, December 3rd WHERE: The Berkeley Church, 315...
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The Velomobile
In the Sunday Star’s Ideas section Leslie Scrivener wrote about the velomobile, the fibreglass-clad three-wheeled horizontal bicycle. In the (long...
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Montréal Monday — new developments and more Metro
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
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered