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THE ARTFUL CITY: An Interview with Public Art Management
Interview by: Ilana Altman Public Art Management (PAM) is one of Canada’s leading public art consulting firms. They have been actively curating and...
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Bonnie Crombie vs Mississauga’s race-baiters: Are symbolic gestures enough?
Earlier this month, Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie was lauded for standing up against racism for the second time in a year. On Sunday Oct. 9, she filed...
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REID: Dissecting the pedestrian countdown
The most important thing to realize about the pedestrian countdown signal is that it is only relevant to people who start crossing after the...
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2016 Heritage Toronto Awards
The Heritage Toronto Awards celebrate outstanding contributions in the promotion and conservation of Toronto’s history and heritage by professionals and...
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LORINC: Transit’s “last mile” solution may be mobility-as-a-service companies
I loath Rogers just as much as the next red-blooded Canadian, and, on certain days, possibly even more. But I have to give the telecom conglomerate, and...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Hacks and Workarounds: Improving the Public Art Commissioning Process
By: Helena Grdadolnik Workshop Architecture provides public art consulting for the Toronto Transit Commission, Infrastructure Ontario and various...
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New Fife & Drum issue + call for participation in editorial board
The latest edition of Fife and Drum, the quarterly journal produced by the Friends of Fort York, was recently released. Of interest to some Spacing...
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LORINC: Let’s actually talk about investing in housing
On and off since the early 1990s, when Paul Martin and Joe Fontana concocted an impossibly progressive policy agenda that became Jean Chrétien’s Red Book...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 004, Hollywood North
In the wake of the Toronto International Film Festival, we take a look at the film and television industry’s impact on the city. We talk to...
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John Bentley Mays’ Emerald Toronto
John Bentley May’s (1941-2016) passed away last week. Read Alex Bozikovic thoughtful obituary here. When I first moved to Toronto in 2000 I spent a...
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Heritage conservation districts are long overdue
This is a guest post by Mary L. MacDonald (Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, City Planning) in response to Spacing’s article by...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Fleeting Futures – An Interview with Art Spin
Interview by: Ilana Altman Art Spin is a professional arts presenter, activating decommissioned venues and unique public spaces to produce large scale...
By The Artful City
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered