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Public Space Events Galore
This weekend seems to be one of the most intense festive periods of the year in Toronto’s public spaces. Big chunks of the downtown will be closed...
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A post on the Post
Some days the editors at Spacing have to think about things other than urban planning, graffiti or cycling infrastructure. Sometimes it’s our...
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New article by Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit, whose wonderful book Wanderlust I would recommend to any psychogeographer or public space enthusiast, has just posted a great article on...
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Dancing on the street corner
This is an interesting little self-made documentary about dancing on the corner of a street and the type of reactions and experiences one can encounter...
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CP24 — Everywhere, even the sidewalk
I like CP24. It’s a useful channel, and does some good local features. I can even imagine that in rare instances, for a breaking news story on a...
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Million dollar building
A few months back a website gained notoriety for selling tiny pieces of it’s homepage in a crass attempt to raise $1 million. The Sandberg Institute...
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Skateboards and falcons
As Dylan Reid posted a few days ago, there is a bit of a community uproar in Etobicoke’s New Toronto neighbourhood. It seems residents don’t...
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A Roar
I was walking home through Hart House Circle, in the heart of the largely-deserted University of Toronto. There were not a lot of people around. I had...
By Dylan Reid -
Oh Canada
Dominion Day Weekend was spent in dear Windsor, a most American of a hometown that tends to hide in cars and behind air-conditioned walls to escape the...
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Kingdom of bicycles on a highway to hell?
The New York Times magazine had a very scary article this weekend on the rise of car culture in China. Here are just a couple of interesting bits of...
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One Year of Spacing Photos
Last week, we celebrated the first anniversary of the Spacing Wire, so it would be a shame to overlook Spacing.ca’s other daily feature Spacing...
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Working Towards A Clean and Beautiful Waterfront
Last night I was at Cherry Beach watching the fireworks and lamenting the fact that I hadn’t brought a bathing suit to hop in the lake. When I told...
By Ian Malczewski
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered