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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...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By Dave Meslin -
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...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By Michelle Kasprzak -
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...
By Shawn Micallef -
[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...
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Public Office Space
The Globe and Mail has a rare article about the increased demand for better office space including bicycle amenities, better food and public-private...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Parking Lot of Dreams
The Toronto Star has a good story today dispelling myths about public space in the burbs. The dance troupe Rated Inc. reclaims a Jane and Finch area...
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Should Canadian cities install security cameras on streets?
The Globe and Mail runs daily opinion polls, and the question posed the other day was: “Most of London is monitored by police cameras. Should...
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Transmedia 29:59 Launch in Dundas Square
TRANSMEDIA :29:59 A project by Year Zero One Curated by Michael Alstad and Michelle Kasprzak This Wednesday, August 3rd, a programme of one minute videos...
By Michelle Kasprzak
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered