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Escape the city at Camp Wavelength
At last year’s Camp Wavelength festival, the enchantment of Friday night still buzzing, Jonathan Bunce (“Jonny,” he insists upon) and his Wavelength...
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LORINC: Let’s have a public conversation about our phones and cycling
Here’s a bike safety question: Are more cyclists texting or checking their smart phones while riding? I can’t provide empirical evidence to say the answer...
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The sidepath: a solution for suburban cycling infrastructure
On busy suburban roads, sidepaths offer an appealing alternative to installing bike lanes. But where they have been implemented, there are some major...
By Sean Marshall -
The Toronto Park Pavilion needs your love
It’s hard not to love the Park Pavilion. Designed in 1958 by British-born architect Alan Crossley and consulting engineer Laurence Cazaly, the space...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: An Interview with Public Studio
Public Studio is the Toronto-based collective art practice of filmmaker and artist Elle Flanders and architect and artist Tamira Sawatzky. Since 2009...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 002 reveals the Jane Jacobs Prize winners
Spacing Magazine is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Jane Jacobs Prize, and Spacing Radio has in depth interviews with this year’s...
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LORINC: Why transit has become Toronto’s moral hazard
If I have to be brutally candid about my gut reaction to last week’s transit decision, I’ll confess that part of me felt the people of Scarborough are...
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Ahoy! Come to Spacing’s Boat Bash!
WHAT: Spacing Boat Bash (release of summer issue) WHEN: Tuesday, August 9th, 6:30-11:00pm WHERE: Pier 31, 333 Lake Shore Blvd. East TICKETS: $20 via...
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How to prioritize the safety of women on the TTC
This week, city council approved a motion by Kristyn Wong-Tam to review city services “to eliminate any existing bias against women” and ensure that...
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Misleading Leaside: Lobbyists score a hat trick with digital billboard
Outfront Media wants to construct a massive digital billboard in the residential community of Leaside. The problem is, no one wants digital billboards in...
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40 in the shade: Toronto’s worst heatwave
For an excruciating week in July, 1936, Toronto, the province, and much of Canada burned. An unprecedented and deadly continent-wide heatwave...
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EVENT: Come meet the 2016 winners of the Jane Jacobs Prize
WHEN: Monday, July 18, 2016 WHERE: 401 Richmond St W., Urbanspace Gallery TIME: 6:30-8:30pm COST: Free! SHARE: Spread the word on Facebook We invite you...
By Spacing