Spacing Toronto

Thursday’s Headlines

• Locals say crosswalk is ‘extremely dangerous’ [ Toronto Star ] • City okays pay-as-you-toss garbage fees [ Globe and Mail ] &bull...

By Julie Yamin

Events

Spacing release party: July 4th

WHAT: Spacing, summer 2007 issue release party WHEN: Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 • 8pm WHERE: S.S. Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. W.) HOW MUCH: $10...

By Spacing

Bikes

Pretty in pink

Update – The Squad’s pink lanes got some props in New York City on Streetsblog! A few pretty pink Penny Farthings showed up on Bloor street...

By Tammy Thorne

Events

Open Cities Toronto 2007

Here’s a stimulating event for the weekend: Open Cities Toronto 2007 is a weekend-long web of conversation and celebration that asks: how do we...

By Dylan Reid

Spacing

Spacing on newsstand delayed a week

Our loyal subscribers will start receiving their copies of the new Spacing issue by the end of this week. We dropped it off at Canada Post yesterday and...

By Spacing

Green Space

City Hall: New garbage collection system approved by council

Cross-posted from Eye Daily. By a vote of 26-18, city council approved a new pay-as-you-throw garbage collection system before breaking for lunch today...

By Dale Duncan

Green Space

Wednesday’s Headlines

• Dirt flying in the eyes of residents [ Toronto Star ] • Solar panels on the roof, savings below [ Toronto Star ] • The impressive new...

By Julie Yamin

Community

Looking at cities

Someone recently suggested I look at the 1985 book Looking at Cities by Allan B. Jacobs, a great California urbanist who did a lot of work on how to make...

By Dylan Reid

Green Space

Tuesday’s Headlines

• Will peace garden fade from view? [ Toronto Star ] • City to reap $300M from land transfer tax [ Toronto Star ] • Ontario unveils...

By Julie Yamin

Transit

Walking to transit in Brazil

Most people who take transit walk to their transit stop. You would think that transit companies would therefore be very conscious of pedestrian issues...

By Dylan Reid

Bikes

Monday’s Headlines

• Jilly’s symbolizes a Queen St. Strip [ Toronto Star ] • How do you spell creative bankruptcy? R-O-U-N-D-H-O-U-S-E [ Toronto Star ...

By Julie Yamin

Community

HtO Park: Toronto’s Waterfront takes a big step forward

Last weekend, Toronto’s newest public space, HtO Park opened to the public. This is probably the most exciting addition to Toronto’s...

By Sean Marshall