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Subverting graffiti
Christopher Hutsul has an interesting piece in the Toronto Star today about a Sony graffiti promotion in NYC and San Francisco: Graffiti purists are...
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The Art of Psychogeography
The Ideas section of today’s Toronto Star has a feature on psychogeography. The article notes a growing interest in psychogeography among artists...
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Countryside Shelter
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef is in Europe during December and is posting sporadically throughout the month. — The Editors There was a...
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GIFT GUIDE: Spacing’s 4-issue Gift Pack
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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Sprawl Malta Euro Mega-Remix
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef is in Europe during December and is posting sporadically throughout the month. — The Editors Just to add to...
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Union Station Precinct
The City of Toronto is planning to revamp the precinct around Union Station — one of the most central and busy but also most neglected parts of...
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In defense of Proximity
Closer to home the Globe and Mail has several stories about dense urban life. John Bently Mays talks about the importance of mid-rises in the future of...
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In defense of Sprawl
The Torontoist’s Ron Nurwisah sent this along to us: Sprawl is the arch-nemesis of progressive urban planning. North America’s love affair...
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GIFT GUIDE: name a BikeShare bike
Over the next week or two the contributors to the Spacing Wire are going to suggest some random gift ideas for the coming holidays. The first idea...
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Go go Google Transit (and subway party)!
I’m fond of GoogleMaps as a way figure out where I’m going, mostly because of the “satellite view” feature. But now even more...
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Mellieha Redux
I recieved an email from Rebecca Cefai here in Malta — she read the post about the bus shelters and had some nice user experience to recount, which...
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TONIGHT: Graffiti Art Show
THEM, a graffiti art organization which works to find employment for young urban artists, is hosting an art show tonight at It’s Not A Deli (986...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered