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City for Sale (a real fixer-upper)
The City of Toronto must be on the verge of bankrupcy. Witness the absurd idea of selling the naming rights of the civic centre of the City: Nathan...
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Segway Won’t Go Away
Since this spring, the local Segway company has been trying to get its motorized electric scooters allowed on Toronto’s sidewalks. It has managed to...
By Dylan Reid -
Bike accident
I spent the last few days moving into my new place in Parkdale, so I was traveling by cargo van or car half the time. On Monday, I headed north on...
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Scarborough subway dreams
City councillors from Scarborough were out yesterday on the RT handing out flyers to get local residents on-side in transforming the aging transit line...
By Matthew Blackett -
Watering
Spacing editor Dale posted recently on the Eye Weekly blog about the goodness of Toronto’s water, and a recent proposal to bottle it to make the...
By Shawn Micallef -
The Veins of the City
Stephen Wickens writes about Toronto’s hidden rivers in today’s Globe and Mail highlighting the long fight to restore our urban watersystems...
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EVENT: Spacing at Canzine
Sunday, October 30, 2005 The Gladstone Hotel • 1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin) Spacing will be at Canzine 2005 here in Toronto. We...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC Ridership on the Up-and-Up
We’ve been hearing for so long about the decline in public transportation, from ridership to funding, so it’s especially nice when it seems...
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Public Security
Although Toronto is more worried about shootings than car bombs. Worldwide, urban security is an increasing concern. Before we start making our cities...
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NOW and Eye are good to us
Today is full of good little announcements. Both of Toronto’s weeklies have great things in them relating to Spacing and our extended family. First...
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First Skate Plaza
The city of Kettering, Ohio, has built the first skateboarding plaza — that is, a skate park based on the real-life street structures that...
By Dylan Reid -
Car Free Kids
Gideon Forman writes about raising kids without a car in the city in today’s Toronto Star. The story is personal and a bit sappy but his emphasis on...
By Chris Hardwicke
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered