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Yonge Street Mall: The fun and failure of pedestrianizing Toronto’s iconic strip during the 1970s
On June 3, 1971, there was a party on downtown Yonge Street. Around 8pm, following the news that Ontario Premier Bill Davis had cancelled the Spadina...
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LORINC: Bombardier’s bribery problems in Europe hurt Toronto
To all the tornado chasers who spot the twisters whipping destructively across Toronto’s forlorn transit geography, add this storm system to your list of...
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Sex on Yonge: Examining the decade when Yonge Street was the city’s sin strip
“I take a walk down Yonge Street, where good times are bought and sold.” When folk music great Ian Tyson penned those lines in 1970, he knew his audience...
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SPACING release party: March 15th at our store!
WHAT: Spacing issue #42 release party WHEN: Wednesday, March 15th, 7:30-11pm WHERE: 401 Richmond St West, Spacing Store entrance (east end of building...
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The Artful City: A Year in Review
By: Jeff Biggar and Ilana Altman The Artful City was formed in 2015 with a simple mission to investigate public art in Toronto and spark a dialogue about...
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The lost streets of South Parkdale
No Toronto neighbourhood paid for the Gardiner Expressway quite like Parkdale. Before construction of the lakefront highway in 1958, the land south of...
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LORINC: The Scarborough subway extension’s escape hatches
When I look at the latest staff report outlining, ahem, progress on the Scarborough subway extension (SSE), I see a document absolutely packed with...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 009, Winter Cities
In this episode, we make the most of the winter months. Janice Lukes is a Winnipeg city councillor, and cycling advocate, who tells us about plans to...
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Campaign to name new school after Jean Earle Geeson: teacher, artist, journalist and early champion of Fort York
Last year Spacing published an audit report that found 292 Toronto parks were named after men, with just 82 after women. Coupled with streets, monuments...
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Building community through the use of public space in the sharing economy
What happens when fare collectors start to become wise to over-turnstile Bunz trade activity occurring at Ossington subway station? The station’s central...
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LORINC: What the 2016 Canadian census tells us
For those of you who aren’t transfixed by the sight of our youthful prime minister walking the plank today in Washington, here are some thoughts about...
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LIVE TAPING! Spacing Radio City Stories
WHAT: An evening of live storytelling WHEN: February 15, at 8pm (doors 7:30pm) WHERE: The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. West. (Major intersection...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered