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How Toronto built the CN Tower
The CN Tower is one of the most important buildings ever constructed in Canada. Like it or loathe it, the absurd, 553-metre concrete tower, which opened...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Measuring ‘Success’ Through Policy?
By Yvonne Monestier Much has been written about public art policies as a useful tool for developing and promoting artistic excellence. The question...
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Is new police report real transformation or just new packaging?
Last week, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) and the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) jointly released an interim report from the Transformational Task...
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LORINC: A city that doesn’t learn from transit mistakes
How many times do we have to bang our heads against the wall before we finally get the message? Apparently, based on Friday’s little news nugget about...
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How City Hall ended up on St. Clair Avenue
In the late 1940s, Toronto City Hall was bursting at the seams. Now known as Old City Hall, the building on the northeast corner of Queen and Bay streets...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 001 with Janette Sadik-Khan
Welcome to the return of Spacing Radio, a monthly podcast that uncovers Toronto and Canadian urbanism. In episode 001, we sit down with Denise Pinto...
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EVENT: Launch of Spacing’s first book “50 Objects That Define Toronto”
BOOK LAUNCH for SPACING’S “50 OBJECTS THAT DEFINE TORONTO” WHEN: Tuesday, June 28th, 6:30-9:30pm WHERE: Fort York Visitor Centre (250...
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LORINC: Turning the Hearn into a generator of culture
This weekend, Jorn Weisbrodt, Luminato’s outgoing artistic director, watched the proverbial curtain rise on what will, in all likelihood, be his most...
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How co-housing designs community into developments
For a lot of city dwellers, knowing their neighbors names is a rarity, let alone knocking on their door to ask to borrow an egg or a cup of sugar...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: Garden of Future Follies – An Interview with Hadley+Maxwell
Interview by: Melanie Fasche Hadley+Maxwell are a Canadian artist duo formed in Vancouver in 1997 and now based in Berlin. Their body of work includes...
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The Brain Project hits Toronto’s streets
Charlie Pachter is a butter tart fan. Actually, calling him a fan is probably understating it. He loves the things. Pachter, who once met Queen Elizabeth...
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Lost and found in the PATH: the case for new wayfinding
This summer, a pilot project will be launched to test a new wayfinding system in the PATH — Toronto’s subterranean navigation-slash-commercial network of...
By Kieran Delamont
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered