Spacing Toronto

Planning ahead

Cross-posted from Eye Daily. This week I wrote about a group called People Planning Toronto (PPT for short), who held a neighbourhood summit May 26 to...

By Dale Duncan

On Golden Bay

I’m here in my diasporic homeland Malta — the small and rocky island between Sicily and Libya. This evening I went to a “holistic...

By Shawn Micallef

Media

Dubious Views online exhibition

Every Bus Stop in Surrey, Sylvia Grace Borda, 2004. Dubious Views is a bilingual online exhibition funded by the Virtual Museum Project of Canada, and...

By Michelle Kasprzak

Architecture

Should museums be public spaces?

This Sunday marks the last day for Torontonians to preview empty galleries at the ROM Crystal. And today (Friday) is the only day of the preview (which...

By Leah Sandals

Politics

Dale Duncan at City Hall: June 8th

Planning ahead Amid the glamour that comes with the opening of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the ROM, it’s easy to forget that, despite the...

By Dale Duncan

Communication

Graffiti Portraits: Friday, June 8th

Spacing photo intern Susheela Nirmalan-Nathan documents the faces in Toronto’s graffiti murals on our photoblog Spacing Photos. See it larger on...

By Matthew Blackett

Green Space

Friday’s Headlines

• Gardiner is belle of the ball [ Toronto Star ] • Radical new steps in trash [ Toronto Star ] • Hello, I’m your T.O Greeter ...

By Julie Yamin

Transit

Helsinski’s GPS bus map

Helsinki has a great, real-time map that tracks the location of each bus.

By Matthew Blackett

Events

Toronto Public Spaces in Creative Writing

One of the ways we interact with public spaces is through their representation in media like film, photography, and literature. It might be the...

By Ian Malczewski

Bikes

Cyclist Profile – Councillor Adrian Heaps

During Bike Week, and possibly beyond, I will feature some cyclist profiles here on the wire. These will be profiles of regular people who ride bikes in...

By Tammy Thorne

Communication

Graffiti Portraits: Thursday, June 7th

Spacing photo intern Susheela Nirmalan-Nathan documents the faces in Toronto’s graffiti murals on our photoblog Spacing Photos. See it larger on...

By Matthew Blackett

Bikes

Thursday’s Headlines

• Taking a slow cycle in memoriam [ Toronto Star ] • Reclaiming the lake with new HtO waterfront park [ Toronto Star ] • Pug Awards honour...

By Julie Yamin