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Whitewashing
The Guardian reports that Melbourne’s street art scene is being culture cleansed for the Commonwealth games. Meanwhile adidas is giving up some of...
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Province Complicates York University Extension With Money
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. Despite the highlights of Ontario’s recently announced budget, and despite earlier indications that the York...
By James Bow -
Sit-in at Parkdale’s Globe
Some community members of Parkdale are a little upset that the new World Peace Monument does not include benches. They claim the Parkdale BIA purposely...
By Matthew Blackett -
How to take the zazz out of Pizzazz
On a day when transit advocates like myself should be cheering (see money influx from Ontario budget announced today), I want to highlight a transit...
By Matthew Blackett -
Is Thunder Bay Worth $180 Million?
It may be before the starter’s gun, but Siemens has brought forward a bid to build 232 subway cars to replace old cars on the TTC’s fleet. The...
By James Bow -
Update on destroyed sidewalk carving
A quick update on the sidewalk carving destroyed by City staff on Wednesday. James from Broken Pencil who originally tipped us off, says “I watched...
By Matthew Blackett -
Canadians believe subway likely terrosist target
Canadians believe a terrorist attack on their country is unlikely but feel if one did happen, the Toronto subway is the most probable target, CTV is...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto Ruins
(Photo courtesy of Bob Krawczyk) The Toronto Star reported two days ago that the James Chalmers Building located at 6 Howard Street has collapsed. This...
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Sidewalk carving removed
A reliable source (a Broken Pencil magazine editor) has told Spacing that the sidewalk carvings found at King and Simcoe, made by a man who asked for...
By Matthew Blackett -
Province Rolls Out Greater Toronto Transit Authority
CARLOS OSORIO/TORONTO STAR TTC and Mississauga buses share space at Islington station. Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The Toronto Star is reporting that...
By James Bow -
Cinematic City
Unconfirmed rumours are circulating that the plug has been pulled on Atom Egoyan’s Camera Bar-slash-repertory cinema on Queen Street just east of...
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SPACING: Comments on the Spacing Wire
Some of you may have noticed that we are now allowing comments on the Spacing Wire. We will turn on the comments function for posts that we feel need to...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered