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ROM seeks free ride
When buildings intrude beyond their private property into public space, they have to pay a small rental fee to the City for that space. The Royal Ontario...
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Rustle your bustle for hustle this Sunustle
I WANT RHYTHM returns this weekend for another afternoon of free spiriting it up, this time at Yonge and Gerrard. If you’re unfamiliar with this...
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Where would you meet in Toronto?
I’m reading a very interesting book called The Wisdom of Crowds, by James Surowiecki. The author describes a fascinating experiment by a social...
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Friday’s links to public space articles
• City under fire for secrecy [ Globe and Mail ] • The sounds of the underground [ Globe and Mail ] • Scary walkways get some life ...
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Transit map as a trend chart
I came across this cool map hack — it takes London’s Underground Tokyo’s subway map and uses it as a chart to show the trends of the...
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Calling all Photo/Flickr Bloggers
A call that seems made for you: CALL TO ARTISTS: CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION The Greater Toronto Airports Authority will present The Built Environment...
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Segways banned in Holland
From today’s Toronto Star: Dutch police banned Segways from all public roads, bike paths and walkways as of New Year’s Day, surprising the...
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What’s old should be new again at transit stops
The above image, at Bloor and Jane circa 1937, was used in Spacing‘s Spring/Summer 2006 issue as part of a feature on bus and streetcar shelters...
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Spacing 2007 calendar still available
Now that the holidays are over and you don’t have to buy presents for anyone, you should splurge on yourself: pick up Spacing‘s 2007 calendar...
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Best of 2006: cyclist-driver fight in Kensington
The impact blogs can have on a news story became rather apparent in late January of 2006. Adam Krawesky, a Spacing contributor and one of Toronto’s...
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Terminal Two Twilight
Holiday week required two trips two days in a row to Pearson’s Terminal Two via car to drop off and pick up various current and former Torontonians...
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Best of 2006: intervention
The Best Intervention of 2006 goes to the bench installed, without permission of the City, outside of the Parkdale Library on Queen Street West. In...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered