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Toronto People Project
Neil Gunner wants to talk to you. He started a photo web site called the Toronto People Project. He asks random people if he can take their photo. Most of...
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Signs of Life
Signs of Life is a book by Dave Askwith and Alex Normanton that chronicles the subtle art of changing official signage into amusing social commentary. The...
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Photjunkie wins Bloggie
Regular Spacing contributor Rannie Turingan [ aka photojunkie.ca ] won Best Canadian Blog at the 2006 Bloggies held at SXSW. The Bloggies are one of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Good articles from the Star & NOW
Some recent articles in the Star are worth posting about: 1. The City wants to crack down on vehicles idling. 2. Royson James writes about the need for...
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Beauty in density
I came across the photos of Michael Wolf a month or two ago and kinda forgot about him until I was cleaning out my Inbox. His images of Hong Kong, and the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Warm days and beach criminals
This was the weekend that Toronto was set free — the first warm couple of days, when the thick heavy coats are left behind (not that it’s been...
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The cult of transit lovers
The Toronto Star did an a full-page article on transit lovers today, and it featured a number of people connected to Spacing (and Spacing itself!)...
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When it’s good to look up
Maybe 50-53% of the reason I moved to Toronto was for the tall buildings. If I wanted low I’d have moved to Cornwall and paid less rent. The...
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A reason to linger in Dundas Square again…
TRANSMEDIA :29:59 +media art in public urban space+ March 1 – 31, 2006: 29th minute: Myfanwy Ashmore – ‘Mario Trilogy’ 59th...
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Art on the Move
As part of their Environment Week, the University of Toronto is hosting [A]lternative [R] [T]ransportation: Art on the Move, an art exhibit and...
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Bike lane on Bloor
It is for real this time — there is a bike lane on Bloor Street West. Well, kinda. An anonymous reader sent us the above photos and wrote, “I...
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Battle of St. Clair Won. SOS Abandons Court Battle for Politics
As the window to appeal the superior court decision reinstating the St. Clair private right-of-way project closes, the opposition group Save Our St. Clair...
By James Bow
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered