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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...
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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...
By Nathaniel Basen -
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 -
Urbanist’s Guide to Toronto Events: Oct. 11-17
TUESDAY Fracking and Its Hazards for the Environment Where: Annette Library (145 Annette St) When: 7:00pm What: Discussion with Tara Seucharan Cost: Free...
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To interchange or not to interchange: Spadina vs. St. George?
Toronto’s four subway routes are easy to navigate. Trains always run the same routes and there are only five interchange stations. Switching lines is...
By Shoshanna Saxe -
Magna Carta special: Fall 2015 Edition of Fort York’s newsletter Fife & Drum
The fall edition of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum was released last week and is a special one as the Magna Carta exhibit...
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LORINC: Why this Canadian election is like no other
As Stephen Harper’s Conservatives inflict their limbic system politics on voters who are somehow unable to see themselves as pawns in the hands of a gang...
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Urbanist’s Guide to Toronto Events: Oct. 4-10
SUNDAY Ashbridges Bay: The Natural and Human History of a Wetland Where: Northrop Frye Hall (73 Queens Park Crescent) When: 2:30pm What: Talk with Joanne...
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How the Eaton Centre nearly wrecked Old City Hall
Ever since Toronto city council moved over the street in 1965, Toronto hasn’t quite known what to do with Old City Hall. The exquisite heritage...
By Chris Bateman
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered