Politics
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Sexy public transit, part I
Which proposal looks sexier: a Toronto-wide network of BRTs and LRTs (first map) or the Spadina subway extension (second map)? POTENTIAL FUTURE BRT/LRT...
By Craig Cal -
Spacing in today’s Toronto Star
Today’s Toronto Star has a wonderful feature on Spacing. Just in time for tonight’s mayoral event! Here’s a little excerpt (or read the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Spacing & Eye Weekly’s mayors’ event MONDAY
MONDAY NOVEMBER 6 Revival, 783 College Street (a few blocks east of Ossington) Doors open @ 7pm, Event starts @ 8pm, Musical guest after 10pm FREE On...
By Matthew Blackett -
What’s on Spacing Votes
There are only seven days until the municipal election! You can catch the two leading mayoral candidates lay out their vision of Toronto’s public...
By Matthew Blackett -
What’s the difference between a BRT and BLT?
Cross-posted from Spacing Votes With all of the recent discussion surrounding transit policies, subway extensions and streetcar rights-of-way, a brief...
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Hume on our streets, why Canada is failing
Christopher Hume’s last two columns have been drop-dead accurate in my assumption. His piece on Toronto’s floundering streetscape in...
By Matthew Blackett -
Eye Weekly’s primer for The Political Party
Cross-posted from Spacing Votes As we’ve mentioned, Spacing is teaming up with Eye Weekly to bring you The Political Party (Monday, Nov. 6th), where...
By Matthew Blackett -
What’s going on at Spacing Votes
Hopefully, every reader of the Spacing Wire knows we also have a sister blog called Spacing Votes that has numerous daily posts about Toronto’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Blueprint to End Homelessness launches today
Compare these average monthly costs of housing and homelessness: social housing ($199.92); shelter bed ($1,932); provincial jail ($4,333); hospital bed...
By Dale Duncan -
Spacing & Eye Weekly present mayors’ event
MONDAY NOVEMBER 6 Revival, 783 College Street (a few blocks east of Ossington) Door open @ 7pm, Event starts @ 8pm, Musical guest after 10pm FREE During...
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Finally, a plan for affordable housing
How do we meet the growing need for affordable housing in this city? The problem has become so big, it’s almost overwhelming — each year more...
By Dale Duncan -
Hume: fear of tall buildings silly
Christopher Hume thinks Toronto’s aversion to tall buildings is silly. What can be said of a city that fears growing up? In Toronto’s case...
By Matthew Blackett