-
Hume’s Stockholm Syndrome II
Christopher Hume is on a Stockholm kick. Today in the Toronto Star he writes about Hammarby Sjostad, a waterfront community built over the last decade on...
By Matthew Blackett -
SPACING: John Lorinc joins our election coverage
Spacing is very excited to announce that John Lorinc, noted urban affairs journalist and author of the The New City, has joined the Spacing Votes election...
By Spacing -
Low floor buses a bust
Both Howard Moscoe and Chief General Manager Gary Webster say the new low-floor buses have been a failure due to their poor seating in the rear of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
condo BOOM! opens next week
From September 21 to 30, The Theatre Centre (1087 Queen Street West) will be hosting condo BOOM!, an exhibit that aims to explore “the marketing...
By Laura Hatcher -
Take the Tooker group ride Saturday
To help reduce smog in the city and climate change, there are people busily working away at alternative transport options, which include cycling. This...
By Tammy Thorne -
Hume has Stockholm Syndrome, too
Even along the major roadways of Stockholm you find the different types of traffic are separate: bus lanes, car/truck lanes, and a fenced off cycling...
By Matthew Blackett -
Subway Extension to East Mall Proposed
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. This past Wednesday, Etobicoke community council voted to ask city staff to investigate the possibility of extending the...
By James Bow -
Inspiration for Toronto
In Toronto, connecting with our lost rivers means taking walks along the streets where they were buried. Talk about dismantling the Gardiner Expressway is...
By Dale Duncan -
Pitfield won’t quit anti-panhandling bylaw
The Toronto Sun is reporting mayoral candidate Jane Pitfield won’t let go of her anti-panhandling bylaw: “Mayoral candidate Jane Pitfield...
By Matthew Blackett -
Rogue public art hits Disneyland
The BBC reports that graffiti artist celebre Banksy (hey, how many graffiti artists have their own monographs?) hit the Rocky Mountain Railroad at...
By Leah Sandals -
TTC merchandise commentary in Eye Weekly
Liz Clayton has a story this week in Eye about the new store TTC Transit Stuff (she also wrote about Spacing’s subway buttons). Read the full...
By Matthew Blackett -
JAMES: New blood needed
Photo of John Sewell by RENE JOHNSTON/TORONTO STAR This is the period during an election where the finer points of platforms are not usually debated in...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered