Spacing Toronto

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

Communication

Alley Jaunt and the evolving fence

Alley Jaunt will take over the laneways in the Little Italy neighbourhood this coming weekend (August 12-13). I am a sucker for laneways and find this...

By Matthew Blackett

Architecture

Weekend headlines on public space issues

• Running scared? Why dogs, Gardiner are not election issues [ Toronto Star ] • Ending GTA gridlock tops readers wish list [ Toronto Star ...

By Matthew Blackett

Green Space

New fuel tank gauge

from the Christian Science Monitor

By Matthew Blackett

Community

Friday’s headlines before you leave for the long weekend

• The Way We Were: Simcoe Day history [ Toronto Sun ] • Up on cripple creek [ National Post ] • NYC group flunks T.O.’s waterfront ...

By Matthew Blackett

Green Space

Sam Javanrouh photo from lightning storm

Sam Javanrouh, the world famous Toronto photoblogger and regular Spacing contributor, captured this amazing photo of the lightning storm we had the other...

By Matthew Blackett

Features

EUCAN and misinformation

The Megabin project is dead, but the war or words is still raging. Joe Clark, Leslieville’s loudest booster, recently found EUCAN misleading the...

By Matthew Blackett

Architecture

Get tangled this Sunday

This Sunday, the Toronto School of Creativity and Inquiry is coordinating a conversation on entangled territories in the city. Not only will it address...

By Leah Sandals

Walking

Major walking conference coming to Toronto

City Council has just approved a proposal for Toronto to host the major world annual conference on pedestrianism, Walk21, in 2007, in conjunction with...

By Dylan Reid

Events

Pirates of the Streetcar party

Pirates of the Streetcar Party: A fundraiser for Newmindspace Friday, August 4th 2006, Bathurst & Wolseley @ 7:30p Our friendly, freaky friends over...

By Matthew Blackett

Bikes

Headlines worth following: Aug 2

• Toronto police to use closed circuit TV at Caribana parade [ National Post ] • Police to film street party [ Globe and Mail ] • Ad on...

By Matthew Blackett

Waterfront

Toronto waterfront enters Hall of Shame

Project for Public Spaces in New York has a fantastic website that offers up lots of interesting urban planning solutions. One of their features is a Hall...

By Matthew Blackett