Spacing Toronto

Media

Illegal Signs blog launches!

Here at Spacing, we’ve been using the term “ad creep” for years to help illustrate the impact of intrusive outdoor advertising in...

By Matthew Blackett

History

Toronto, before and after

I love before and after photos. It shows how much things change and how much they stay the same. The above images are looking west on Queen St. West from...

By Matthew Blackett

Neighbourhoods

New York creates the Jane Jacobs Medal

In 1997, a conference here in Toronto called “Jane Jacobs: Ideas That Matter” gathered hundreds of the world’s most prominent thinkers...

By Matthew Blackett

Transit

Minding the gap for the Better Way

Today’s Toronto Star has a full-page feature on last weekend’s Toronto Transit Camp. It’s a good feature that tries to show the rest of...

By Matthew Blackett

Architecture

Sunday’s headlines

• CN disputes strike’s legality [ Toronto Star ] • Escaped slaves helped build Toronto [ Toronto Star ] • Mayors endorse GST scheme...

By Matthew Blackett

Events

Logo Cities

I thought I’d bring Logo Cities to your attention. It’s a really interesting project out of Montreal that deals with the lettering, signs, and...

By Matthew Blackett

Green Space

Saturday’s headlines

TRANSIT • GO Transit on track as CN conductors strike [ Toronto Star ] • GO riders should plan for CN strike, official says [ Globe and Mail ...

By Matthew Blackett

Community

This week in NOW

In this week’s NOW, Mike Smith writes about last weekend’s TTC camp in Camp-out with TTC geeks. If you missed Matt Blackett’s report on...

By Spacing

World’s Ten Most Dynamic Cities, according to Newsweek

Newsweek magazine has an article in their current issue which highlights the 10 most dynamic cities in the world. While Toronto is not included on the...

By Matthew Blackett

Green Space

Articles to help kill a Friday afternoon

TRANSIT • GO urges commuters to make own plans as strike looms [ Toronto Star ] • For City, TTC’s a big ticket [ Toronto Star ] &bull...

By Matthew Blackett

Culture

I am the walrus… uh, crossing sign

I only dug up this image as a segue into an announcement about a new public art show opening on Toronto’s streets this week, but, gazing at it a...

By Leah Sandals

Bikes

Dale Duncan at City Hall: Feb 8, 2007

Getting out the muzzle Allan Crawford isn’t allowed to talk to me anymore. The outspoken Parks, Forestry and Recreation employee faced a...

By Dale Duncan