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Toronto and tall buildings
TALL BUILDINGS ~ Who is Planning Our City? Wednesday January 25, 7:30-9:30pm, free St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts 27 Front Street East (2 blocks east of...
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Free metre parking for green vehicles
Salt Lake City, Utah became the fourth municipality in the States to offer free parking to the owners of fuel-efficient vehicles. Salt Lake City is...
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A Harper win means a TTC fare hike?
City Councillor and TTC Commissioner Joe Mihevc raised the possibility of a fare hike if the Tories win the federal election in the Toronto Star today...
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SPACING: In Transit opens tonight
Spacing presents: IN TRANSIT OPENING NIGHT PARTY: TONIGHT @ 7pm WHERE: Toronto Free Gallery 660 Queen St. E. WHEN: show runs from Jan. 19-Feb. 27 2006...
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Public Space News
As part of the reconstruction of the Don Mount Court project, the city is considering closing part of Carroll Street (between Matilda and Thompson) to...
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The art of noise
Received this tip from Spacing Wire reader James Koole — an interesting sound project from New York City. Basically, you can use sound captured from...
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Birmingham pedestrians and Public Space
The city of Birmingham, formerly a car-centric industrial city, has tranformed its central core into a pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood of pleasing...
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Dose of Urbanity
We know the trend towards celebrating the city (for which Spacing can perhaps take some credit) is doing well when Dose, CanWest’s free daily, jumps...
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SPACING: Toronto designers wins Chicago recycle bin contest
SPACING.ca FEATURE: In the summer of 2005, the American Institute of Architects/Chicago Young Architects Forum called for design submissions for an...
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City soundtracks
Walking through the city, one is treated to a variety of sounds — it could be the conversation of the people walking ahead of you on the sidewalk...
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SPACING presents: In Transit gallery show
Spacing presents IN TRANSIT, a gallery exhibit of photos, paintings, videos, and audio that explores Toronto on the move. Opens Thursday, January 19 at...
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21st century bike racks
I came across an interesting new design for bike racks called a Cyclepod [via]. It holds eight bikes, can come with a canopy, and seems to maximize space...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered