John Sewell on the challenges facing young planners

“Planning, not development approval — the challenge for young planners” WHEN: Tuesday, January 31, 7:00pm $5.00/free with student ID WHERE: U of...

The urban environment can make you skinny — or fat

A new research project is being developed in the United States to quantify the degree to which the urban environment — mixed use, density, public...

Road rage in Kensington

photos by Adam Krawesky Spacing contributor and photoblogger Adam Krawesky of www.inconduit.com is everywhere in this city. On Tuesday, he captured a...

Detroit Blog

My sister in Windsor sent me a link a couple weeks back to the Detroit Blog — I’ve been slowly going through his archives. All things Detroit...

A TTC crush? And public meeting at Wychwood Barns

There have been two stories in the last two days on the TTC that have focused on the need for more funding as ridership continues to grow. Is the solution...

SPACING: In Transit in today’s Metro

Ed Drass, the transit columnist for the free Metro paper, wrote about Spacing‘s In Transit gallery show. He also took time to write about uTOpia, a...

SPACING: Spacing Wire voted top blog in Eye’s Best of Toronto

This week’s Eye Weekly has a few Spacing-related items: 1. You named the Spacing Wire the Best Blog in Eye’s Best of Toronto Reader Poll...

Tall buildings forum tonight

TALL BUILDINGS ~ Who is Planning Our City? TONIGHT! 7:30-9:30pm, free St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East (2 blocks east of Union...

Royson James on the urban agenda

Royson James writes today in the Toronto Star about the urban agenda at the federal level now that we have a Tory government. There is nothing revealing...

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SPACING: The genius of grafitti artist Roadsworth

The Canadian answer to Britain’s Banksy, the world’s most legendary stencil artist, should be none other than Montreal’s Roadsworth. His...

Make your own subway sign

The New York Times reports on Andy Cheung’s NYC subway sign online generator. Visitors can go to his website: www.whereandy.com and generate their...