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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 ...
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LORINC: Rob Ford drove his reputation into the ground
On October 2, 2013 – exactly, as it happens, four years ago today – a certain Detective Constable Khoshbooi, of the Toronto Police Service, swore an...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 016, the Racist Roots of Canadian Cities
In this episode, we speak to Toronto Dreams Project founder Adam Bunch, who took a tour this summer of Toronto’s problematic landmarks. We also ask...
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The North Market and what Toronto can learn from Barcelona’s El Born
Part of a mayor’s job is to build the city, even as he takes care with taxpayers’ money. John Tory has an opportunity to add a big brick for...
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LORINC: When “Friends of” park groups aren’t so friendly to outsiders
My inbox has been filling up all summer and into this balmy fall with the righteous indignation of two well-heeled neighbourhood groups whose members...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered