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SPACING: last call for submissions
Spacing presents our second annual Public Space Invaders film night on Tuesday, February 28th at the Drake Hotel. We have received a good stack of...
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Contrary to reports, not everyone hates Toronto
John Bentley Mays reviews uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto, in today’s Globe and Mail (FYI, 16 of the 34 contributors to uTOpia are also Spacing...
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Play Needs Infrastructure
In Spacing’s third issue, Ed Keenan wrote about the importance of play — spontaneous or organized — for our city. This oft-neglected...
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Secondhand Smog
Tanya Talaga reports in today’s Toronto Star about research from London connecting traffic congestion, smog and its health effects. The report...
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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...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered