Spacing Toronto

Bikes

OP-ED: Road Safety for All — What’s Not to Like?

In contrast to past battles, opponents of the extension of bike lanes further west on Bloor are facing a City Council that has strongly supported complete streets

By Albert Koehl

Architecture

Robarts Library, an architectural oral history

From ‘Fort Book’ to Brutalist masterpiece

By Jesse Carliner and Tys Klumpenhouwer

Politics

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The Ford government repealed all the environmental rules governing the Ontario Place redevelopment.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

Walking

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

Parks

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

By Jake Tobin Garrett

Events

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

Waterfront

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

Culture

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

Infrastructure

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.

By Shawn Micallef