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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...
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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 -
SCTV brings the Maritimes to Yonge Street
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vCcbUDBqVzo[/youtube] In the comment section of the recent Toronto as Baltimore post reader “Michael”...
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Spacing’s Holiday Gift Pack at Pages now
SPACING HOLIDAY GIFT PACK The Spacing Holiday Gift Pack, now in its third year of promotion, is available at Pages Books and Magazines. The gift package...
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Cultural guerrillas restore Paris’ Pantheon clock
Here in Toronto, we like to revel in the actions of guerrilla activists who do things to try and better our everyday lives: the Urban Repair Squad...
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“Streetcars for Toronto” – 35th Anniversary
Forgive the belated posting, but this November marked the 35th anniversary of Streetcars for Toronto’s (SfT) successful fight to keep the streetcar...
By Craig Cal -
Toronto as Baltimore
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fjss4dErY9c[/youtube] Often I’ll watch movies that I’m not into if they’re filmed in Toronto, just...
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POLL: Should parking be removed from main streets?
There is constant debate, among those who care about traffic flow, about whether parking should be allowed on streets that share bus and streetcar routes...
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The Wild Queen West
For a while now I’ve been trying to wrap my head around exactly what the plans are for the Queen West Triangle. While the slew of developments...
By Duncan Patterson -
Washington DC: Without Representation
WASHINGTON, DC — It is still fall right now in Washington, DC. Leaves cling to trees and only occasionally scatter in a yellow pile. This is my...
By Liz Clayton
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered