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Montreal’s big tent
Spacing contributor Leah Sandals has a piece in our upcoming issue about politics in public art. One of the artist groups she focuses on is Action...
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New issue of Spacing Nov. 24th!
SPACING #5 WINTER 2006: The New Beautiful City RELEASE PARTY: Thursday November 24 2005 Arts & Letters Club • 8pm • $10 Spacing‘s...
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TPSC on the cover of Eye Weekly
That smiling face , and wall of activists, that adorn the cover of Eye Weekly this week are the Toronto Public Space Committee. Spacing was born out that...
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The Push-bike Architecture Treasure Hunt
Our lives are very busy. And if they’re not, they certainly should be. But for all of us, especially those who cycle, there are breaks in our daily...
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Union Station Precinct Meeting
As part of the planned renovation of Union Station, the city is holding a “precinct study” to look at how to renovate the area around the...
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Pillow Fight!
If you missed the wonderful public space intervention Pillow Fight last week at Dundas Square — staged by newmindspace — you should check the...
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Housing Projects and Public Space
An important dimension of the recent two-week bout of rioting in France, one that a few people have noted, is the shape and use of public space. According...
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Why do you want to kill me?
I can help you my friend. I know the cure. What is it? The same thing that cured me. Ride your bike to work. It’s instant, it’s complete. Your...
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So long and thanks for all the fish
The Toronto Star reports about how the City of Toronto lost the controversial Aquarium proposal for Exhibition Place due to, among other things, lack of...
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Goodbye, Dear Riverdale?
One of the things I love most about Toronto is the way our modern structures sometimes seem to rise straight out of the wilderness of our ravines and...
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Transit sites to check out
There are two sites worth checking out if you are a transit fan. The first one is The Yet Better Way by Leif Harmsen who decided to envision the way...
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uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto
In today Ideas section of the Toronto Star, the first essay from uTOpia has been reprinted. uTOpia is a new book from Coach House being released next...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered