Spacing Toronto

San Francisco’s port lands redevelopment

I was in San Francisco just over a week ago, for the first time. One of the many things I did was try out the new T-Third Street light rail line, which...

By Sean Marshall

Streetscape

Obsessing about sidewalk stamps

Spacing publisher Matthew Blackett has some serious infrastructure fetishes. He wrote about his obsession with sidewalk stamps in Spacing’s first...

By Spacing

Bikes

Toronto Cyclist Profile: Sami the photographer

In the lead up to, and during, Bike Week this year I will be featuring some cyclist profiles. These will be profiles of regular people who ride bikes in...

By Tammy Thorne

Events

Friday’s Headlines

• GO users VIPs on DVP [ Toronto Star ] • Tax on coffee cups won’t fly: Tim Hortons [ Toronto Star ] • Haiku that fit/ with High Park...

By Julie Yamin

Communication

Missing Plaque Project: Postering as a historical proclamation

Inasmuch as history is supposed to be rooted in objectively recorded facts, such accounts often overlook the multi-layered texture of people’s lives...

By Sarah Magwood

Politics

Dale Duncan at City Hall: May 10

You can dance if you want to (but take your aggression inside) Adam Vaughan is not trying to ban dancing in the city. He’s quick to point this out...

By Dale Duncan

Bikes

Goldhawk Live talks bikes tonight

Goldhawk Live focuses on cycling tonight from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Rogers Television’s local cable channel — channel 10. The guests on the...

By Tammy Thorne

Communication

Public Pillow Fight this Saturday!

What: Pillow Fight Toronto Where: Nathan Phillips Square @ 3:00 PM When: Saturday, May 12th 2007 Rain date TBA. Free and all ages! Two years ago, the...

By Matthew Blackett

Events

Snack Chats: The implications of street vending

When: Wednesday May 16 – Designing a vending cart and vendors’ experiences Where:: 125 Bond Street, Room 201 HEI, Ryerson University When...

By Sarah Magwood

Green Space

Thursday’s Headlines

• Cop charged in attack on cyclist [ Toronto Star ] • No more Facebook for city employees [ Globe and Mail ] • Facebook banned for most...

By Julie Yamin

Community

Motor mania: even in the 50s road rage existed

The revelation earlier today that the driver who assaulted a cyclist yesterday was a police officer has added a new twist to the discussion about road...

By Matthew Blackett

Bikes

Driver and cyclist fight caught on video

UPDATE: a news release came across our desks just a moment ago: the driver is a police officer! (albeit, an officer on leave). “On Wednesday, May 9...

By Matthew Blackett