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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered