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Patrick Evans writes in the Toronto Star about a Statistics Canada report connecting strong community feelings with health and longevity. The article...
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Kensington Market Festival of Lights Tonight
Come celebrate the spirit of light in Kensington Market on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:00pm-. Light up the longest and darkest night of the year at the...
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Knit graffiti
There is a new type of graffiti that should catch on here in Canada — knit graffiti. A Montrose, Texas crew, calling themselves Knitta, are yarn...
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Honk if you like to walk
Jose Lourenco sounds off for pedestrians in the Toronto Star by asking the simple question: Cars get horns, why can’t the rest of us? The results of...
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Macroscopes
Yesterday’s Toronto Star had two stories that reminded me of John Thackara’s macroscope idea: A macroscope is something that helps us see what...
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Walking News
The City of Toronto has a program in place to add sidewalks on both sides of all arterial and collector roads in Toronto (not local roads). The work is...
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No strike, but they don’t use it….
Unlike NYC, the TTC is working fine, so I found a “story” on CityNews (what was wrong with the old CityPulse name — it was cool) last...
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New York City transit strike
If you haven’t heard, New York City’s transit system was shut down at 3am today by a union strike. Nealy 7 million people are walking, biking...
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Parkour video
The phenomena known as Parkour has been catching on like crazy lately [ read Jim Munroe’s article from Spacing Spring/Summer 2004 issue ]. It can be...
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GIFT GUIDE: Spacing 4-issue gift pack at Pages
Spacing is happy to announce a special holiday promotion: the Spacing 4-issue Gift Pack. To save you time, we have conveniently wrapped all of our...
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SPACING: Monday’s new articles
As we announced in our monthly newsletter, Spacing will post new articles every Monday. This week we have three pieces for you: • Spacing contributor...
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Secret swing back in action!
The secret swing is back action. The swing, found between two converging buildings just off of the graffiti alley behind Queen West stores, had its seat...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered