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Detroit’s abandoned train station
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbtyUsnrY2I[/youtube] Just discovered this well-done video of abandoned Michigan Central Terminal via Detroit...
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Cultural Geography in Windsor
For our Windsor readers and those who may be heading to the Sun Parlour of Canada this weekend, there is a symposium on the cultural geography of the...
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Bendale Tree Tour
Join the Toronto Tree Tours – A partnership between LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee – and the Highland Creek Community Stewardship...
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Dark clouds over the urban forest
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. For once Denzil Minnan-Wong and I agree. “They keep on planting trees, yet they can’t take care of them,†he was...
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It’s Election Day! Get out and vote
Please, get out and vote today. For information on how and where to vote check out Elections Ontario web site. Spacing Votes will be posting reports from...
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EDITORIAL: say yes to MMP
EDITOR’S NOTE: Wednesday is election day in Ontario. The importance of this election is huge for Toronto, and one of the most important aspects of...
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The rumblings of Lower Bay
Spacing contributor Carolyn Tripp writes about Kristen Roos’ sound installation in Lower Bay as part of Nuit Blanche. – – –...
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A Traditional Toronto Thanksgiving
A few of us spent a day or two this past weekend giving into tradition and doing what so many Canadians have done for years on Thanksgiving: we went to...
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The public square we never got
Stephen Otto, one of the board members of the Friends of Fort York, slipped a print-out under Spacing’s office door a few weeks ago. It was the...
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Tree Tuesday: Guerilla gardening
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project...
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A good week for walking
The Walk21 conference last week got remarkable, and entirely unexpected, media coverage. In fact, I suspect pedestrian issues got more media coverage than...
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Rogers thinks the sidewalk is my space
Glad to see communications giant Rogers is into graffiti. If they feel it’s appropriate to do this to a public sidewalk, is it okay for any of us to...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered