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The story of the Toronto Island’s modern architecture
When the flood water on the Toronto Island eventually recedes it will reveal a damaged and possibly forever altered landscape. For the first time in...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 013, Birthday
It’s the one-year anniversary of the relaunch! Last year, we took you to the celebration party for the approval of the Bloor bike lanes pilot. Now...
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LORINC: Waterfront announcement is a game-changer
Later this fall, Spacing will publish a small compendium of pivotal civic turning points in our collective history – “25 Days That Changed Toronto.â€...
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LORINC: Understanding how the TTC won North America’s top transit prize
When the TTC announced on Monday that it had won the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) award for outstanding achievement for 2017, many...
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RELEASE PARTY! Join us in Trinity Bellwoods Park July 5th!
WHAT: Release party for our Parks Issue WHEN: Wednesday, July 5, 5:30pm-sunset (rain date is July 6) WHERE: Trinity Bellwoods Park (790 Queen St W) COST...
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50 Objects that Define Toronto: Footprints under Toronto Bay
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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Pride and Policing: a comparative history of Toronto and New York
The decision to ban uniformed police from marching at this year’s Toronto Pride Parade has prompted an invitation from the Gay Officers Action League...
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WATCH: Amazing archival videos of Toronto Pride 1988-1995
Between 1988 and 1995 (save for 1991 when he did not have a camera) Toronto editor and filmmaker James Leahy documented Toronto Pride, both the street...
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REID: “You cannot talk fatalities down” – international insights on walking and cycling
When I asked Anders Lie, the Swedish expert on the Vision Zero traffic safety program, about cities (like Toronto) where politicians lay claim to the...
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Making places for Toronto’s Queer history
By Ed Jackson In June, 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama proclaimed the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar on Christopher Street in New York City, as an American...
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The short, mysterious life of the Beard Building
The Beard Building is a historical enigma. Toronto’s first skyscraper, the 7-storey building was constructed in 1895 to designs by E. J. Lennox, one...
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REID: Transforming Buenos Aires
A radical transformation of the centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina, combining a new Bus Rapid Transit project and a pedestrian-and-cyclist priority...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered