-
The creation of Toronto’s first City Hall and market buildings
EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was written in 1985 by Stephen Otto for a catalog that was never published to accompany the exhibit “Meeting Places...
By Stephen Otto -
THE ARTFUL CITY: Evolution of public art policy in Toronto
By: Jeff Biggar Public art has a storied past in Toronto’s History. The City of Toronto’s public art collection stems back to the late 19th century, with...
By The Artful City -
LORINC: Airport and Portlands to be transit hubs of activity?
All of a sudden, two glimmering celestial objects have appeared in the night sky above that fantastical dreamscape we sometimes refer to as Greater...
By John Lorinc -
The modernist Bloor-Danforth line at 50
The Bloor-Danforth line turned 50 today. Five decades ago, on February 25, 1966, the first section of Toronto’s first east-west subway opened...
By Chris Bateman -
THE ARTFUL CITY: Interview with Barbara Astman
Barbara Astman is a Canadian artist who lives and works in Toronto and specializes in photography and new media. Her artworks are in both public and...
By The Artful City -
Come to our release party tonight!
WHAT: Release party for Winter 2016 issue of Spacing WHEN: TONIGHT! 7pm-11pm WHERE: 610 Markham St., one block from Bathurst & Bloor COST: free! (mag...
By Spacing -
LORINC: Tell me how Toronto will pay for transit plans — then I’ll get excited
A few years ago, University of Toronto Schools teacher Josh Fullan and I concocted a transit game for the students in his Maximum City program. Each group...
By John Lorinc -
The night Neil Young was conceived
It was the last winter of the Second World War. 1945. The first week of February. Far away in Europe, the Nazis were crumbling: the Soviets were closing...
By Adam Bunch -
Name your best public make-out space and win film tickets!
Spacing has a little cameo in the incredibly funny lesbian romantic comedy Portrait of a Serial Monogamist opening in Toronto on Feb 12th at the Carlton...
By Spacing -
LORINC: How the City plans to pay for services in the future
The 2016 budget debate, which lands today at executive committee after doing the usual rounds, has offered up a curious mix of urgency and its opposite...
By John Lorinc -
Cars are part of the mix in Kensington Market
One of the first areas I take people when they visit Toronto is usually Kensington Market – that dense grid of narrow streets stuffed with fruit and...
By Jake Tobin Garrett -
The challenge of getting to the bus stop
Adapted from a post in Marshall’s Musings, the author’s personal blog. In the Greater Toronto Area, we have a fixation on building transit...
By Sean Marshall
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered