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Urban Aperture: Public Space
Editor’s note: This is the eighth post in a series by students at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Each piece features...
By Sonia Ramundi -
Enhancing the Urban Water Experience
Editor’s note: This is the fifth post in a series by students at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Each piece features...
By Sonia Ramundi -
Finding the Ravine: Gateway to Toronto’s Urban Edges
Editor’s note: This is the fourth post in a series by students at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Each piece features...
By Sonia Ramundi -
The Atlanta BeltLine: Catalyst infrastructure and city systems
Atlanta, GA, the sprawling southern metropolis, has followed a classic pattern of modern North American urban growth. As the city developed over time, its...
By Claire Nelischer -
Toronto World Pride: A video look back at the 1989 Pride celebration
As Toronto begins its rather massive World Pride celebrations this year, we’re pleased to present another film of a previous Toronto Pride...
By Shawn Micallef -
MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 1
Bathurst and Davenport cross each other just below the steep shoreline of ancient Lake Iroquois. The intersection is lush with greenery and steeped in...
By Dave Meslin -
The view from a condo — a resident of the new Fort York neighbourhood sees much potential as the area matures
EDITOR: We’re pleased to publish a guest essay by Kanishk Bhatia, a Toronto resident who recently returned to the city after living in London...
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Winterdream — a 1993 walk through Allan Gardens and Cawthra Park
Occasionally Toronto filmmaker James Leahy puts together some of the Super 8 footage he shot in Toronto from the late 1980s onwards. Back in June we...
By Shawn Micallef -
Boston wants random awesomeness
Boston’s new mayor is hoping a new city program will result in some “random awesome designs” submitted for the city’s public spaces. The newly launched...
By Jake Tobin Garrett -
If a tree falls in Etobicoke, does anyone notice? (Yes)
Last week I was walking to the convenience store up the street when I came across the tree above. It was the remains of a huge willow that I grew up...
By Sheraz Khan -
2013 Excellence in Planning Awards recap
Projects based on making communities healthier and more livable were recognized at the Ontario Professional Planners Institute’s (OPPI) 27th annual...
By Josh Sherman -
IN THIS ISSUE: History of playgrounds in Toronto
The Summer 2013 issue of Spacing is jammed packed with a slew of great articles, photos, and interviews focused on Toronto urbanism. This article appears...
By Spacing