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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...
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Recycled Trash Bins
ArchitectureChicago PLUS reports on the finalists for a Chicago’s Young Architect’s Forum’s competition for a recycling receptacle in...
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Paris artists need your help
We know this happens all over the world but we still wanted to bring your attention to it: A group of artists in Paris have taken over a big, abandoned...
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Subways make underwater reefs
Not sure how many of you know this (we just found out, too): since 2001, a slew of New York City subway cars have been dumped into the ocean up and down...
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Spacing on AM 640
Spacing will be featured on AM 640 Sunday afternoon from 2:30-3:00pm here in Toronto. You can also catch a spot on [murmur] earlier in the day at 12:15 on...
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Parks Canada temporarily suspends Geocaching
Parks Canada has temporarily suspended Geocaching (featured in Spacing‘s “Work and Play” issue) in national parks because of a variety...
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We Heart Dufferin Grove Park
Spacing editor Dale Duncan, writes in Eye this week: “From the bus stop outside Dufferin Mall, Dufferin Grove seems like many of the other 1,460...
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A new bike rack painter
They say imitation is form of flattery, so the City Beautification Ensemble should be pleased that they are spawning copycats. The CBE, known around the...
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Mayor doesn’t need more power
Spacing thinks the most public of public spaces in Toronto should be City Hall. It is where the beacon of local democracy should fly highest. There are...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered