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MESLIN: While other cities embrace street murals, Toronto staff reject it
It’s been seven months since I wrote about the Regal Heights street mural, a community-driven art project painted by neighbours of all ages on...
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Toronto’s history in two buildings
Back in May and June of 2015, the Guardian newspaper ran an intriguing series on its Cities page entitled “A history of cities in 50 buildings.” The list...
By Sean Marshall -
LORINC: What if City Council actually talked about buses?
Bad choices beget more bad choices. If I lie on a government form, I will almost inevitably have to dissemble more in order to ensure the continued...
By John Lorinc -
Emma Goldman in Toronto — one last victory for The Most Dangerous Woman in the World
The Most Dangerous Woman in the World was playing a quiet game of cards. It was a snowy Toronto evening in the winter of 1940, that first terrible winter...
By Adam Bunch -
LORINC: Fixing the federal vote
If the federal Liberals have endured anything even faintly resembling a controversy so far in these early halcyon days of their majority, it occurred over...
By John Lorinc -
READ: Fort York’s Fife and Drum newsletter reveals new information around Toronto’s oldest cold case murder
The latest edition of Fife and Drum, the quarterly newsletter produced by the Friends of Fort York, was recently released. As alwaysc it’s filled...
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The great Stanley Cup thefts of 1970
The last person to lift the Stanley Cup in Toronto was an unknown thief who swiped the trophy from the Sports Hall of Fame in December, 1970. Though...
By Chris Bateman -
12 DAYS OF SPACING: Our Picks
The Spacing Store is just over a year old now and we’re heading in to our second Holiday season. We’ve picked out some of our favourite items...
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King Street: How the TTC can strike back against UberHop
On Friday, John Lornic made an interesting case that UberHop, the controversial new service launched by the San Francisco-based...
By Sean Marshall -
12 DAYS OF SPACING: For the Urbanist
The Spacing Store is just over a year old now and we’re heading in to our second Holiday season. We’ve picked out some of our favourite items...
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LORINC: Why UberHop will help the TTC
When I look at the wonderfully clean map that Uber has provided for its new jitney service, it’s not hard to see how frustrated commuters from transit...
By John Lorinc -
12 DAYS OF SPACING: For the Kids
The Spacing Store is just over a year old now and we’re heading in to our second Holiday season. We’ve picked out some of our favourite items...
By Spacing Store
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered