Spacing Toronto

Hume takes swipe at Portlands energy plant

Christopher Hume wrote a column today on the rise of the Portlands Energy Centre, something the City and local residents fought the province over, but...

By Matthew Blackett

Media

My Toronto Video Contest: Last day to vote!

Over the summer months we asked people to make their own promotional videos for Toronto. This city has always been a hard place to sum up, and marketing...

By Shawn Micallef

History

The TTC Type & Tile Tour this Sunday

For those of you interested in the history of the TTC tile design and signage check out Joe Clark’s tour this Sunday. Clark has been fighting to...

By Matthew Blackett

Politics

TTC takeover may be tempting

Cross-posted from Eye Daily. The Toronto Star is in a tizzy over speculation that the province may want to upload responsibility of our beloved TTC to the...

By Dale Duncan

Bikes

So this is what bike-friendly looks like

There’s a little something for both the cycling aesthete and her/his inner planning nerd over at The Sightline Institute’s blog. As someone...

By Keith Stewart

Bikes

You Never Bike Alone

Happy BikeFriday my fellow velo-istas! As usual, the bike-friendly folks at Alternative Grounds will be giving free in-house coffee to cyclists. According...

By Tammy Thorne

Events

Planet in Focus opens tonight

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAgEeFv1TN4[/youtube] This week Toronto’s eco-film fest Planet in Focus (Oct 24-28) includes an exciting...

By Shawn Micallef

Culture

A debate we don’t have in Toronto

We’ve all walked the streets of Toronto and seen some weird thing that makes us wonder if it’s art or just … a weird thing. In Brooklyn...

By Shawn Micallef

Green Space

Community Garden Paves Way for “Improvements”?

So-called “Bloorcourt Village” residents were startled to see the former Concord Avenue Community Gardens south of Bloor suddenly more barren...

By Liz Clayton

Politics

Never ending tax talk

Cross-posted from Eye Daily. In the not-so-far-off past, any suggestion of new taxes, any at all, would be political suicide. Today, in light of all the...

By Dale Duncan

Architecture

Heritage Toronto Awards

Last week the Heritage Toronto Awards took place at the Carlu. Though we tend to think (often rightfully so) that Toronto tears down its history without a...

By Shawn Micallef

Architecture

Tree Tuesday: London plane tree of Berkeley Castle

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...

By Todd Irvine