Politics
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POLL: Should Eglinton be an LRT route or a subway?
A Spacing-produced rendering of LRT service on Eglinton east of Laird Some of you may have saw the article in our headlines post about the TTC and...
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BREAKING NEWS: TTC suspends streetcar purchases; bids non-compliant
A Siemens rendering from 2007 of a possible new TTC streetcar This rather interesting tidbit of TTC news just arrived in Spacing’s inbox: The...
By Matthew Blackett -
This Ain’t the St. Lawrence Market
In 1988, Toronto City Council wanted to rescue a Queen West heritage site by making it into a destination market, similar to the St. Lawrence Market...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Rate your councillor
A web site called RateYourCouncillor.com recently started up and it wants you to, you guessed it, rate your councillor. While unclear who or what is...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Ballot questions
The mayoral aspirations of Minister George Smitherman and, to a lesser extent, Michael Pinball Clemons, have been the subject of dozens of column inches...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Rainbow Flag Raising and Pride Week Proclamation
This afternoon I attended the Rainbow Flag Raising and Pride Week Proclamation in front of City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square. The event is the official...
By Matthew Hague -
POLL: Your thoughts on tearing down the Gardiner
Urban Affairs critic Christopher Hume, in today’s Toronto Star, expressed his disappointment that local decision-makers lack the gumption to do the...
By Spacing -
When Arts + Statistics = Gong Show
It’s June 16. After more than ten days of intense media coverage from all the major print, web, and broadcast media, Luminato has wrapped at last...
By Leah Sandals -
Recent writing: Goats and Glen Murray
ED: Other than a general sense of making Toronto and area interesting, the following articles have nothing in common other than the byline. In...
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A look at Toronto’s new street furniture models
On Monday and Tuesday, the City of Toronto displayed examples of Astral’s new street furniture elements in front of City Hall. For years, I’ve...
By Matthew Blackett -
Conservatives flout sign laws
Update (June 12): The City of Toronto has told Spacing that it does not intend to enforce the signs by-law as it pertains to video screens at gas stations...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
311 threatens lazy pols
This week the Toronto Star spent a few column inches discussing the lethargic pace of the City of Toronto’s attempt to bring a 311 telephone service...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler