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Don’t Drink and Walk?
An interesting study by Transport Canada shows that a significant number of pedestrians killed in traffic accidents are drunk, often extremely drunk...
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Couch biking
It’s as wide as an SUV but has to be carried across rail tracks. It’s called the Couch Bike. Two guys (one Canadian and the other a Norwegian...
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These bad people
Since I have the luxury of living downtown and not in a violence-prone neighbourhood, and since I don’t know anybody personally touched by violence...
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SPACING FEATURE: How did that get there?
As mentioned before, each Monday Spacing will post articles that have appeared in the magazine. We will also post new articles and reviews specifically...
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SPACING FEATURE: Toronto’s new wayfinding signs?
In Spacing‘s current print issue, we challenged Toronto artist and Spacing contributor Marc Ngui to identify neighbourhoods and locations that were...
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Toronto’s New Year resolutions
This might be a good time to lay out our wish list for 2006. • Do not approve the EUCAN monster bins: Within the coming months, the City’s...
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Toronto’s Public Spaces in 2005
Both Eye Weekly and NOW ran excellent 2005 year in review features. Here’s the stuff they pointed out that the Spacing Wire thinks is worth...
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Edible Estates
Growing food in your front yard is unconventional in just about any North American city, but in many places, especially the suburbs, farming your yard...
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Harper on transit
From CBC.ca: People who buy monthly public transit passes will be given a tax credit of 16 per cent, saving the average user about $150 per year, The...
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Reasonable Thoughts on Terrible Events
In these confusing days after the awful Boxing Day shootings — days full of more questions than answers, and political moves like Jane Pitfield...
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Dear Detroit
I’m visiting hometown Windsor right now. Yesterday I went over to Detroit to visit my long lost friend Emily —- I recently rediscovered her...
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Reading Toronto
Some might say that the Reading Toronto blog is our competition, but in fact they are our friends. RT offers readers intelligent critique and ideas that...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered