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Death of an Urban Explorer
Jeff Chapman, a.k.a. Ninjalicious, the creator of the urban exploration zine Infiltration, died this week at the age of 31. Many moving tributes to him...
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Tree Pit Gardening Angels come forward
The gardening angels responsible for the Spadina tree pits in bloom have come forward – it’s urbanspace Property Group, who are responsible...
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Torn posters of Sydeny
Sean Gannan, a Torontonian transplanted to Sydney, has been avidly photographing hoardings and walls where generations of posters and handbills have been...
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Finch Avenue does the collapse
The wicked storm that passed through Toronto on the weekend did some serious damage. Spacing is lucky enough to have been forwarded photos from a resident...
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Vital Images
Calling all Toronto photographers. Another intiative by the Toronto Community Foundation is a call for submissions for vital images. They are seeking...
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How would you make Toronto a better city?
The final results of the “Think Outside the Box†initiative—a month-long chance to vote for the top priority among a list of issues are in...
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TTC Rider needs tips
The TTC Subway Rider Efficiency Guide [ ttcrider.ca ] is putting out a call for Unorthodox Tips for Riding the TTC. They are looking for complicated and...
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iPod subway maps
An inventive web designer by the name of William Bright is making us transit geeks get all excited. He has developed a site where you can download images...
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Watching the highways
We at Spacing hate to see traffic jams. Only bad things comes from auto congestion: pollution, idling, missed dinners, flared tempers, etc. For those of...
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Spadina tree pits in bloom
Someone has been planting lush, beautiful gardens in the pits around trees on both sides of Spadina south of Sullivan. Possibly, in order to do so, they...
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Banksy graffiti on Israel’s wall
The British “guerrilla graffiti” artist Banksy has created a series of graffiti on the security wall that Israel is building through the West...
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The Streets Are Alive cinema series
Our friends at the Toronto Public Space Committee are starting a monthly fundraising event called The Streets Are Alive that features six independent...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered