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High graffiti
Spacing Wire reader Mark Liechti sent along this image: graffiti on a building, really high up. That’s not what is impressive — rather, he...
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Bike Theft Under Police Noses
A Star reporter wrote a story today describing how her bike was stolen from in front of police headquarters. It’s a perfect symbol of how little...
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Calinfrastructure
I’m not sure if it’s boring or interesting or just weird to post pictures of foreign garbage cans — but I’m always struck at the...
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Royson James Calls For Subway 401
Royson James, columnist for the Toronto Star, and potentially a decent candidate to be mayor one day, has taken the city, the GTA and the province to task...
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T-shirts I like
Threadless.com is an ongoing t-shirt design competition. Each week, four to six designs (out of 600) are selected and sold through the oneline store. Two...
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Toronto street signals introduced 81 years ago today
southwest corner, Yonge and Bloor, 1923. On this day in 1925, Toronto got to use street light signals for the first time at the Yonge and Bloor...
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Liberated billboard
Just north of Dundas West station. Good catch, BlogTO. Torontoist also has the goods.
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SPACING: What do you want City Hall to accomplish?
On November 13, 2006, Toronto will elect a new city council. Over the next four years, the city will face numerous challenges and opportunities and we...
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Turning turnstiles into energy
From our soon-to-be transit correspondent Craig Cal – – – – – – – – – This is the type of...
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Street Scat
A handful of these fine things are scattered around the downtown San Jose. They’re in other cities like San Francisco and Paris, and in San Jose it...
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Front yard art
Spacing’s very own Leah Sandals was asked to curate Toronto’s front yard art scene by the Toronto Star — the piece ended up being a...
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The “Bystander Effect”
The Star ran an interesting story this week about the “bystander effect.” Apparently, when a crime is happening in public, the likelihood of a...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered