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Drinking & cycling, new subways & TTC routes, street racing, police animals
• A teen was caught drinking and cycling and fell into an Etobicoke ravine. • There’s more controversy surrounding those new subway cars...
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The Adidas bridge at the World Cup
Just like the Olympics, the World Cup is an outdoor ad agency’s wet dream. Adidas placed this massive billboard over a bridge construction site on...
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Albion Skyline
We’ve watched the day pass by from the parking lot of the Albion Centre. A group of about 100 birds, mostly seagulls, have been pecking at the...
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The branding of Home
What would the neighbours think? I’ve always wondered when branding would reach the homestead. Not surprisingly, one of the most obnoxious shows on...
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Public space in the news today
• The Feds have tabled a law that specifies street racing as a crime. • The Howard Moscoe saga continues: Moscoe came under fire at council...
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Street furniture gone wild
Today at Toronto’s City Hall, city councillors will finish their debate about the possible street furniture contract the City wishes to tender in...
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Improv Everywhere
There’s a great improv group out of New York called Improv Everywhere who do clever public interventions. They are ususally elaborate and involve...
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Headlines worth following
Here are a few headlines worth following today, and I’d love to hear your comments about: The City of Toronto Act: the new law passed yesterday at...
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Pics of the new Opera House
Spacing was able to get a sneak peak at the new Opera House that is nearing completion at the corner of Queen St. West and University. We sent our man...
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New iPod skin design: Tokyo subway map
More ideas for potential TTC merchandise: iPod skin of the subway system. Over at GelaSkins, you can buy an ultra-thin, high-grade vinyl skin of the Tokyo...
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Final City Idol tonight
Toronto & East York Final Event! Six candidates will try their best. Only one will become a City Idol! The winner will run for City Council in the...
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SPACING: Beware the Ides of Merch?
One of Spacing’s on-going beefs with the TTC is how poor of a job it does of marketing itself. Once and a while they will do something that we may...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered