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Vacant Lots: Just Add Water
Spacing’s public art editor Leah Sandals has been a participant in the Vacant Lots exhibition that is running out of the Toronto Free Gallery...
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The Urban Etiquette Handbook
Spacing has a feature in the magazine called the Manners Duck. Our resident etiquette expert dishes out what acts are acceptable (or not) while...
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Chalk mapping Queen West
From the fellow who brought us the cute little zine of the Bloor Viaduct during the Apocolypse! Paul Dotey maps the Queen West neighbourhood tonight at...
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The Dry Docks
There was an epic length article a few years ago in Toronto Life that focused on The Docks and owner Jerry Sprackman, a man who never met a zoning...
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Today’s public space headlines
BB King at the rebuilt Colonial Tavern, 1977 • City’s oldest firehall show its age [ Globe and Mail ] • Construction begins on new...
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Large shark in Dundas Square
Thoughout the summer Dundas Square is running “Creature Feature” films each week. Tonight they’re showing Jaws. It’s free and...
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Great post on Toronto laneways
Amy Lavender Harris wrote a great little piece on Toronto laneways on the Reading Toronto blog. When it rains, I think of the laneway behind our Junction...
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Contested Streets
It should not be considered a privilege to walk or bicycle in your neighbourhood and not get hit by a truck. It should be a basic right. This is part of...
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Toronto’s street signs
In the Winter 2006 issue of Spacing, I wrote about the new street signs that the City is implementing. Here’s an excerpt: There are some good things...
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Register for Toronto Green Building Festival
Toronto Regional Green Building Festival Second Annual Conference and Trade Show October 31 – November 01, 2006 Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 250...
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Art Attacked!
Check out the photos of Art Attack by Jerrold from Blog TO.
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Toronto Star’s “What If…” section continues
Spacing was excited to be referenced a few times in the Toronto Star’s “What If…” section back in April. The paper used a few...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered