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50 Objects That Define Toronto: 1793 Plan of Town of York
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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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 014, Summer Reading Series, Part I
Part One of our Summer Reading Series! We speak to Toronto journalist Jackie Burns about her children’s book “The Condo Kids: adventures with...
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Caribana and the meaning of ordered chaos
For nearly 40 years, Toronto’s Caribbean carnival was called Caribana. Since 2006, it’s been “Scotiabank Caribana,” “the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival...
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LORINC: Does TCHC even know the extent of its fire risk? Part III
Update: Joe Cressy, Trinity-Spadina councillor and a member of the Toronto Community Housing board, on Tuesday provided Spacing with fire fatality...
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50 Objects That Define Toronto: Toronto Purchase
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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LORINC: How safe are Toronto’s high-rises? Part II
In the aftermath of the Grenfell blaze that killed a still undetermined number of Londoners, many people in Toronto began asking the question, could it...
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LORINC: Are Toronto’s high-rises safe for seniors? Part I
This is part 1 of a 3-part series on the challenges faced by residents of Toronto Community Housing Marjorie MacMillan, a retiree who lives in the Toronto...
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50 Objects that Define Toronto: Baby Point Moose Antler Comb
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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The cycle of independence
A fun fact to bring up at parties is that cycling helped get women the right to vote. Sort of. At the end of the 19th century, women had been demanding...
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Design for reconciliation: The Indigenous Place Making Council reclaims public space for First Nations
“When Rita Joe first come to the city, she told me … the cement made her feet hurt.” The last line of George Ryga’s landmark 1969 play The Ecstasy...
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Mapping the flood vulnerability of the Toronto Islands
The recent inundation of the Toronto Islands has been a shocking reminder of their vulnerability. This spring saw the worst flooding in years due to some...
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50 Objects that Define Toronto: Alexandra Miniature Pipe
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...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered