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European talking about walking fest
The Swiss are hosting the 6th International Conference on Walking in the 21st Century, on the theme of “Everyday Walking Culture.” “The...
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Make your own Toronto brand
In response to the dreadful and much-maligned new Toronto Brand, the Globe and Mail is offering to publish alternative branding ideas. “Send in your...
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Toronto Trolls
The Toronto Troll project is currently running at Mercer Union. They’re going to do art stuff in the city at night to remind us that the city still...
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Dufferin Grove + Little Malta
Spacing editor and flaneur Shawn Micallef wrote the City article for Eye this week. And a nice little piece on Dufferin Grove in the “Wandering...
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Vienna goes ad-free
All the signs in a popular Vienna shopping district have been swathed in bright yellow fabric as part of an art project designed to spark debate about...
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In no way removed
While parks are recreational spaces where an individual or group can take a break from the urban environment, the parkette’s natural environmental...
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The Halftone Conspiracy
The Halftone Conspiracy is a collaborative poster project. Monthly, the co-conspirators gather, with posters they’ve created in hand, to transform a...
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Designing Toronto’s Streets
The city of Toronto is currently engaged in setting design standards for new local residential streets in Toronto (not main streets). They are conducting...
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Public Art in Vancouver Alleys
A group called Space Agency has organized a temporary public art project for alleyways in Gastown for a weekend in August. http://www.spaceagency.ca/event.htm
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WELCOME TO THE SPACING WIRE
Welcome to the Spacing Wire. This new feature on spacing.ca is designed to act as a hub for news, articles, events, websites, projects, and ideas about...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered