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Public Space Filling Up
Spacing Magazine is pleased to announce that Spacing Associate Editor Anna Bowness, along with her partner and Spacing contributor Matt Godden, have added...
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Scarborough councillors see the LRT light
We wrote the other day about a closed-door meeting about the future of the Scarborough RT. The Scarborough Mirror has a report on it: Several Scarborough...
By Matthew Blackett -
More on subway extension
TTC and York Region officials are applying pressure to Ottawa, according to the Toronto Star, after the Conservatives said they are not ready to commit to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Weston Residents Demand Improved Transit Vehicles, Route Change
Crossposted with Transit Toronto. A community group based out of Weston, called ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) are holding...
By James Bow -
So Much for a Bike Lane
It’s bad enough that the city only created 1 km of bike lanes last year. What’s even worse is that the city is allowing those bike lanes that...
By Dylan Reid -
Three people don’t make it “mixed reviews”
The Star has an article today about the Queen’s Quay pedestrian/bike lane experiment. They had quotes from three residents who didn’t seem...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC Today: no firm funding, bad mojo at helm, future of the RT
The federal Conservatives has said that funding for subway expansion is not firm. From the Toronto Star: Federal funding to help extend the Spadina subway...
By Matthew Blackett -
A New Solar Power
What if every window in the financial district could be transformed into a translucent solar power generator, powering anything from the lights to the...
By Ian Malczewski -
The Streets of San Francisco painted and lubed up
Toronto has been called “San Francisco upside down” because where they have hills, we have ravines. Their Victorians are wooden, ours are...
By Shawn Micallef -
BikeFriday starts THIS FRIDAY!
Do you know someone who would like to ride their bike to work, but is too nervous to ride in traffic? Have you ever experienced the wonderfully safe...
By Tammy Thorne -
We tear down the good to erect the bad
Toronto skyline, 1931 Christopher Hume had an excellent piece in the Star yesterday. His opening three paragraphs are a reminder of what we’ve let...
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How to Upholster a Tree Stump
Madelon Galland reports on his Tree Stump project in SuperNaturale. I remember seeing one of the stumps last time I was in New York and always wondered...
By Chris Hardwicke
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered