Parks
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ELECTION: Council Turnover – Ward 19
It’s not often that candidates for City Council are given the opportunity to run without an incumbent in the ward. This year there are eight wards with...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Sugar Beach an urban oasis
Toronto’s second waterfront beach officially opened Monday morning with all three levels of government in attendance to celebrate the cooperation that...
By Nicole McIsaac -
John Street Roundhouse Park now home to Railway Heritage Museum
Just in time for Doors Open this weekend, the John Street Roundhouse Park National Railway and Heritage Centre staged its grand opening today. The 17-acre...
By Nicole McIsaac -
A refugee camp in the heart of the city
It isn’t what anyone would consider a normal afternoon in the park. Yes, the sun was shining and there were joggers running down the path, as well...
By Nicole McIsaac -
WATERFRONToronto unveils Underpass Park
As the West Don Lands neighbourhood continues to take shape, Waterfront Toronto is being forced to reconcile with the unique challenges of the area. One...
By Marcus Bowman -
Help name the new Douglas Coupland park
Spacing Magazine, the City of Toronto, and Ward 20 City Councillor Adam Vaughan have teamed up to give Torontonians a chance to name a new park. This new...
By Spacing -
From one garden to another: growing Cambridge Gardens
Playter Gardens sits at the northeastern end of the Prince Edward Viaduct, a stamp-sized park bordering Cambridge Avenue and Danforth. Overgrown and...
By Jake Schabas -
Secret garden at Eglinton Flats
Biking along the Eglinton bridge over the Humber, I spotted a tiny little garden on the eastern bank of the river just north of the bridge. The garden is...
By Jake Schabas -
Courante in the Toronto Music Garden
Having grown up in the “city of lakes“, I find Toronto’s waterfront to be a welcoming refuge from the dry air and cement that...
By Shaun Merritt -
Walking maps for Toronto
At the Toronto Pedestrian Committee meeting yesterday, we learned about the new version of the Toronto Parks and Trails map, which has just been released...
By Dylan Reid -
SAIGON: Coffee on demand
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing contributing editor Christopher DeWolf is now based in Hong Kong and will make occasional posts about his unique public space...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Building Storeys: Long Live the Guild
The Guild Inn, 2008, by Olena Sullivan. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Heritage Toronto’s Gary Miedema final post in his series on at-risk heritage...
By Gary Miedema