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Let the chips fall where they may
As our intrepid Spacing Wire reporter Julie Yamin wrote on Friday, there are pieces of ice falling from the CN Tower. So much so, that the Gardiner was...
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Google time machine
Google Earth is perhaps the most wonderful thing I run on my computer. Just two or three years ago, the way I can sit here and swoop down and look at...
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Subway Life
Ok, I’ll admit it. I have a staring problem. Whenever I ride the TTC, I look at people’s faces and wonder what their story is. It helps pass...
By Craig Cal -
Monday’s Headlines
• Threat of chunks of ice falling from CN Tower closes area [ National Post ] • Cities seek transit cash [ Toronto Star ] • Candy Land...
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East Toronto Greats
Eminent Easterners are being featured along Queen Street over the next few months (by current and former Spacing contributors, would-be Lytton...
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Broke and have electric heat?
It has always bugged me that energy conservation programs are almost exclusively targeted at the relatively well-to-do, who need the help the least. Well...
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Subway movies?
Someone recently told me about a Hungarian movie called Kontrol, which is set in and is all about people who work in the Budapest subway system. It made...
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Spadina subway extension clears funding hurdle
The Toronto Star is announcing on its front page that a final $697 million from the federal government has sealed the Spadina Subway Extension deal (see...
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In-Site Montreal
In-Site Montréal is a collection of site-specific art presented on the portal pages of five wireless internet hotspots. Artists Nicolas Fleming...
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Got your Giambroney?
UPDATE: There is blogger controversy on the origins of the Giambroney. Check out the comments section, and this Torontoist post. – – –...
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Endangered Species
Last year we wrote about the struggle to save the beautiful half-round Riverdale Hospital (pictured here) built on the edge of the Don Valley. Modern...
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Full moon riding
Today marks the 3rd anniversary of activist Tooker Gomberg’s death. To commemorate his life there will be a full moon Take the Tooker group ride...
By Tammy Thorne
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered