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“Distracted walking” laws make no sense
The spectre of “distracted walking” apparently haunts our streets. The scare has been raised again through a private member’s bill...
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EVENT: Toronto’s Psychogeography, Spaces, and Places Discussion – Sat Nov 4th
Editor: This is a guest post by Parker Kay WHAT: Pumice Raft Art Talk #2 – Toronto’s Psychogeography, Spaces, and Places – Free entry WHEN...
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50 Objects That Define Toronto: Eaton’s Catalogue
Spacing teamed up with FIBE TV1 last year to create a series based on our first book 50 Objects That Define Toronto. Once a week we will be posting a new...
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HERITAGE TORONTO AWARDS: List of 2017 winners
Here are the nominees and winners of the 2017 Toronto Heritage Awards: 2017 Special Achievement Award The Heritage Toronto Board of Directors is pleased...
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LORINC: We need to Google some questions about Sidewalk Labs
In just about every way, last week’s reveal of Sidewalk Lab’s vision for Quayside, a 4.9-hectare swath of the eastern waterfront near the foot of...
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A million Canadian post-war homes
The Camisso family never expected a parade when they bought their first house, a little suburban bungalow in the new Wishing Well Acres subdivision near...
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LORINC: Does the new TCHC fire safety plan go far enough?
In the days and weeks following the Grenfell high rise fire disaster in London, U.K. last June, thousands of Toronto apartment dwellers placed anxious...
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50 Objects That Define Toronto: Ned Hanlan’s Sliding Rowing Seat
Spacing teamed up with FIBE TV1 last year to create a series based on our first book 50 Objects That Define Toronto. Once a week we will be posting a new...
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A modest proposal: An archeology park for downtown Toronto
Urban archaeology is a process that allows us to imagine the past in a very concrete way. And that imagining, even based on the smallest of artifacts...
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LORINC: What we talk about when we talk about mixed use on the waterfront
A council committee today will consider the first significant report on the future of Toronto’s Port Lands to surface since the Prime Minister Justin...
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In search of the elusive Lawren Harris “Toronto House”
By Ellen Scheinberg and Jim Burant In May 2016, a Lawren Harris painting entitled Toronto House was offered at auction, and purchased by a local art...
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50 Objects That Define Toronto: Topographic Model of High Park
Spacing teamed up with FIBE TV1 last year to create a series based on our first book 50 Objects That Define Toronto. Once a week we will be posting a new...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered