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When do we admit that Toronto’s housing crisis is an emergency?
By John Clapp
Should the City of Toronto declare a housing and homelessness emergency? Reports on deaths of homeless people, increasing levels of... Read More
The Beautiful Mess of Toronto Laneways, my newest book for Spacing
By Matthew Blackett
There is no public space that holds my heart quite like a laneway. When I moved downtown in the mid-1990s I began to wander the city’s... Read More
Transportation tech bros need to listen to the Vision Zero folks
By Tricia Wood
When we talk about Smart Cities, which seems to be all the time now, we hear about tensions between public governance and corporate... Read More
Toronto could learn a lot about civic engagement from Edmonton and Calgary
By Tricia Wood
Let’s assume that Doug Ford isn’t going to declare himself Premier-for-life and that one day, we will have another Premier and maybe... Read More
LORINC: Jagmeet Singh’s historic campaign
By John Lorinc
In 1990, Norman Inkster, then the commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, recommended to the federal government that Sikh... Read More
Spacing School of Urbanism workshop: DIGITAL CITIES
By Spacing
WHEN: October 25, 2019 WHERE: 197 Spadina Avenue, Lake Ontario Room, 5th floor COST: $125 TICKETS: Buy at the Spacing Store online... Read More
When is efficient too efficient? Tech lessons from the port city of Hamburg
By Tricia Wood
Cities can have ports, and many do. Moreover, successful ports make for thriving cities. But ports are not cities. They are not models... Read More
Analysis: the permanent King Street transit way is a model for all Toronto
By Nicholas Sanderson
The Toronto Streetcar, older or newer type, is an ever-present symbol of the city. The red, black and white TTC colours trundle along... Read More
From Bach to Transport: Leipzig holds a key to the future of cities & Canadians should pay attention
By Tricia Wood
The International Transportation Forum is an inter-governmental organization of the OECD. It holds a summit of transport ministers... Read More
Predictions for Toronto in 2033
By Spacing
At our recent 15th anniversary party we asked people to tell us a prediction about Toronto in 2033. Here’s a selection of them. Read More