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Spacing featured in New Statesman
This week, the New Statesman and the Australian Financial Review are running edited versions of an article called “The future of the human race...
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What are we scared of?
We love Christopher Hume. He is a valiant defender of the public realm. Sometimes he gets so excited about his cause that his writing becomes frenetic...
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Graffiti Is Art
Graffiti Education: A seminar, from the Artist’s perspective History, significance, appreciation, culture, style, future? Next Seminar: Tuesday...
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Meeting on the fate of the Gardiner & Street Design
Thursday August 11, 2005 starting at 6:30 Location: 115 the Esplanade (near Church St.) East meeting room, ring bell 6:30pm: street design 7:30pm: the...
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Big Brother is Broke
The Globe and Mail reports that the Feds would love to put video cameras in all public transit but they don’t have the cash right at the moment...
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Oh Wente
I avoid Margaret Wente’s column generally, because by doing so I remember that the Globe is a good paper with columnists who actually do some...
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The City as a Playground
Back in Spacing #3 (Work & Play issue, Dec. 2004) we profiled parkour and urban games. The Star and the Globe have recently caught on to these...
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Transit geeks can make their kids transit geeks
If you have a little one on a school vacation and want to start your pro-transit brainwashing (which we encourage) you should check out this event taking...
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Accidental Cyclists
A group of concerned cyclists has started a project called Ghostcycle in Seattle. The group gathered data about local bicycle collisions and then chained...
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Pedestrian death and transit safety
The TTC and Toronto Police are launching a safety campaign that targets aggressive drivers, impatient cyclists, and pedestrians running into traffic to...
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Sim City comes to life
From Boy Reporter Ron Nurwisah: Remember Sim City, the wildly popular game that let you be your own Robert Moses (or Jane Jacobs), constructing cities...
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Reading Toronto podcasts
The Reading Toronto blog has a new podcast feature up on their site. There is an interview with Matt Blackett of Spacing, and two other interviews with...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered