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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...
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READ Fall 2017 edition of Fife and Drum: Prince Harry, apiaries & a “Crustade” recipie
The latest edition of Fife and Drum, the quarterly journal produced by the Friends of Fort York, was just released. Here’s some of what you’ll find...
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OMB Reform: What empowered municipalities mean for new housing
In May of this year, the Government of Ontario introduced legislation that would “overhaul” the province’s land use planning appeals system. The proposed...
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50 Objects That Define Toronto: Painting of Rolling Mills
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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EVENT: Spacing is having a combined magazine and book release party
WHEN: Tuesday, October 10th, 7:30pm-11pm WHERE: Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. (2 blocks north of Yonge & Dundas) COST: event is free / mag $5 ...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered