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LORINC: Spend Brampton LRT money on Queen’s Quay East
When Brampton council voted last week to kill a rapid transit line that would not have cost the city an, um, red cent, one thought sprang immediately to...
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Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Nov. 1-6
SUNDAY Roads, Citizen Science and The War on Science Where: Northrop Frye Hall (Map) When: 2:30pm What: An illustrated lecture from ROM biologist Dave...
By Nathaniel Basen -
On Brampton’s short-sighted Hurontario-Main LRT decision
Cross-posted from Marshall’s Musings, the author’s personal blog On late Tuesday night (actually, early Wednesday morning) Brampton City Council...
By Sean Marshall -
The killing of Aune Newell
She was found beneath a coat hidden under dogwood and sweet clover. Toronto parks department employee Harry Lemon saw her shoe first, carelessly discarded...
By Chris Bateman -
Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Oct. 25-Oct 31
SUNDAY Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market Where: Kensington Market (Map) When: Noon-7:00pm What: The monthly event celebrating car-free streets...
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Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange
What: Creative Spaces Partnership Exchange When: Monday, November 2 Where: Toronto Centre For The Arts, 5040 Yonge St (Yonge and Sheppard) Cost: This is...
By Leah Jensen -
Balancing vibrancy and accessibility: new rules for sidewalk patios
In the current issue of Spacing, I mention sidewalk patios as an example of the dual role of sidewalks, as both a place and a corridor. Patios can have a...
By Dylan Reid -
Bautista’s bat flip and the making of history in Toronto
The very first legendary home run ever hit in Toronto was hit in 1887. More than a century before Joe Carter’s famous World Series walk-off at the...
By Adam Bunch -
LORINC: Trudeau and Canada’s next urban agenda
If I had to pinpoint a moment when this exhausting election made an important but subtle shift – the place where the ocean liner’s captain turns the...
By John Lorinc -
Spacing’s Guide to Toronto Events: Oct. 18-24
SUNDAY Bike Tour of Tommy Thompson Park Where: Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie and Unwin) When: 10:00am-noon What: Learn about the history of the park and...
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5 subtle signs of lost rivers in Toronto
Like many North American cities, the street grid in downtown Toronto is (for the most part) rigidly geometric. Where there’s an unexpected deviation...
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The tragic tale of Toronto’s first big baseball star
The bases were loaded. It was the bottom of the eight. This was it: first place was on the line. Toronto and Newark headed into that Saturday afternoon...
By Adam Bunch
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered