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Robarts Library, an architectural oral history
From ‘Fort Book’ to Brutalist masterpiece
By Jesse Carliner and Tys Klumpenhouwer -
LORINC: Clear-cutting the rules at Ontario Place
The Ford government repealed all the environmental rules governing the Ontario Place redevelopment. But will Therme's $350 million project survive a shift in the location of the parking garage?
By John Lorinc -
REID: The pedestrian blood sacrifice
We shouldn't have to wait for a pedestrian to get killed at a location before we institute safety measures there
By Dylan Reid -
OP-ED: City parks at the tipping point
Maintaining existing parks is as important as building new ones, but is often neglected, says Jake Tobin Garrett, co-author of Park People's 2023 Canadian City Parks Report
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Spacing’s 20th anniversary party happens December 2!
Spacing is excited to release an anniversary issue, a new book, and the opening of two-month exhibition
By Spacing -
BREAKING: Grassroots group seeks injunction to stop the Ontario Place mega-spa
The Ford government is facing yet another legal challenge to the Therme development schemes
By John Lorinc -
REVIEW: Cities: Skylines II – A new dawn for city-building gaming
A senior city planner gives her perspective on a sophisticated (if buggy) new city-building game
By Nathan Abraha -
I visited public toilet paradise and it was heaven – why can’t Canada do this?
A visit to Hong Kong and Japan revealed plentiful public toilets to Spacing's Shawn Micallef, a situation that puts Canada to shame. There's no excuse why we can't do this too.
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OP-ED: Reining in Uber
Thorben Wieditz argues that the early prospect of big tech companies as urban saviours gave them too much credit
By Thorben Wieditz -
Emerging perspectives on cycling policy and practice in the GTHA
A discussion of cycling in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area brings up interesting insights and perspectives
By Thomas Van Laake -
The Old City Hall Cenotaph
Toronto's memorial to the war dead has been the site of remembrance, and occasionally controversy, since 1925
By Jamie Bradburn -
How to build a waterfront transit line
Toronto planners and politicians need to learn from Hamburg's HafenCity about why starting with transit is the key to waterfront revitalization
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered