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Spacing reports from Winnipeg
I’m out in Winnipeg leading a workshop on magazine design for Spacing‘s national distributor Magazines Canada. I’ve only been here a...
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NYC & SF transit don’t like iPod subway maps
In late August, the Spacing Wire reported on the wonderful website iPod Subway Maps. Designer William Bright created images of 12 cities’ subway...
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Billboards and art in Halifax
Whenever I see a billboard or ad that has little or no information on it, I suspect a sneaky but clever ad campaign. Contact, the photo festival that...
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Take the Tooker
With the price of gas rising, pollution increasing, obesity growing, parking diminishing, & congestion clogging, you would expect government to take...
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Human River on Garrison Creek
The Human River — a walk along the hidden Garrison Creek Sunday October 2nd 2005, with different starting points along route The Garrison Creek...
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Public Toilet summit
Yes, there is a conference for every possible topic or vocation out there. The World Toilet Summit is wrapping up today in Belfast, Ireland. One of the...
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Big blooming bunny art
Spacing‘s next issue, due out in early November, is all about street and public art, so we are becoming increasingly aware of the controversy...
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Capture the Flag
CAPTURE THE FLAG! Bay Street Friday, September 30th // 8:30 PM // meet at King & Bay Capture the Flag, the massive urban game where teams hit the...
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Toronto Walks in October, apparently
Apparently, the City of Toronto is going to designate October as “Toronto Walks Month.” A lovely idea, but it’s hard to find out what...
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City Council this week
There are some interesting things going down at September’s meeting of City Council. Here’s a primer: 1. Video screens on the Gardiner: As the...
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Map Porn
Radical Cartography has an amazing collection of analytical maps. My personal favorite is a scale comparison of all North American Transit systems...
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Hot St. Lawrence Design Porn
The good folks at the City of Toronto Planning Department have released a wonderful document on Urban Design Guidelines in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered