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Subway to Nowhere
German artist Martin Kippenberger envisioned a sort of global underground system, with stations as far apart as Greece and Germany, and in his art...
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Neighbourhood walks in west Toronto
Architectural/social historian Alec Keefer, President of Architectural Conservancy Toronto, is leading a series of walks in Parkdale, High Park and the...
By Dylan Reid -
A flâneur manifesto
Shawn Micallef reveals in Eye this week the key to Toronto’s hidden beauty through walking: We’re told, over and over, that Toronto is not...
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The outdoors helps your brain, kids!
A decent article from Orion on kids who suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and how green spaces can help their affliction. It seems that...
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Halftone Conspiracy this weekend
The Halftone Conspiracy is a collaborative poster project open to anyone. Monthly, the co-conspirators gather, with posters they’ve created in hand...
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Comments on police cameras in public space
A few days ago we asked for your comments on The Globe and Mail’s opinion poll question: “Most of London is monitored by police cameras...
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Saturday: De-Fencing in the Annex!
On Saturday August the 6th, the Downtown De-Fence Project will be liberating eight houses from the strangulation of their rusting, isolating chain link...
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Best Public Spaces in the World
The Project for Public Spaces, a non-profit out of NYC that helps communities and cities build smart public spaces, has an interesting feature on their...
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Spying on Gated Communities
A group called Heavy Trash has installed “viewing platforms” on the edges of gated communities in Los Angeles. Heavy Trash is “an...
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Spacing goes national!
This image was captured by a Spacing reader in Halifax outside the city’s seminal newsstand Atlantic News. Why is a store in Halifax carrying our...
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Reading Toronto Spits
Guest writer Chris Thomaidis has put up a series of posts on the Reading Toronto blog about the Leslie Street Spit/Tommy Thompson Park. He talks about the...
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[murmur] wants your Spadina Stories!
[murmur] is happy to announce we have started on our biggest project yet: Toronto’s Spadina Avenue. We are currently searching for and recording...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered